David Croft

[…]it. I had tiny vision. I was the Butcher Boy. But I only had a few lines but seems to strung out a lot. Largely because Sam Ward who was director was managing about 27 takes on every setup and so it took a long time. Freddie Young was, the great Freddie Young was one of his early movies. And he took[…]

Liz Forgan

[…]love listening to the radio, how interesting it would be. So I did, went off to run the radio.Liz Forgan Page 11You were in charge of what?I was Managing Director of Network Radio, which meant Radios 1 and 2, 3, 4 and 5.How did that go from the beginning?[29:04]Well, from the beginning it was r[…]

John Box

NB This is a resume only.John Box (JB)Production DesignerBECTU No.463Interviewer: Rodney Gielsler (RG)Date 09/12/19993 Tapes Side 100:00:00 – 00:09:30 Introductions; born 1920 in England but moved to Ceylon; father couldn’t get a decent job after WWI so he worked in a number of remote areas of […]

Cyril Page

BECTU History Project - Interview No. 389[Copyright BECTU]Transcription Date: 2002-002-10Interview Date: 1996-11-06Interviewer: Alan LawsonInterviewee: Cyril PageTape 1, Side 1Alan Lawson: Right um...First and foremost, when and where were you born?Cyril Page: West Ham.Alan Lawson: West Ham. When?Cy[…]

Harry Manley

[…]chnicolor’s 16mm material until the early-80s; when Technicolor wanted to enter the 16mm market, they thought they could buy CFS when Bill Ingram was managing director of Technicolor – it didn’t lead to anything; in the 1960s CFS installed a sound recording facility in the basement of a new property[…]
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