[…]lective action or collective power or trade unions. Now, that's particularly true of a Conservative government is particularly true of media outlets, news outlets, press in particular, but increasingly with with the involvement of sky and others is true of broadcasters too. They do not like trade un[…]
[…]ect - Interview No. 421[Copyright BECTU]Transcription Date: TBCInterview Date: 1997-10-09Interviewer: Alan LawsonInterviewee: John TurnerJOHN TURNER, news cameramanTape 1, Side 1Alan Lawson: First, John, when and where were you born?John Turner: I was born in Hampstead actually, yes, I'm a Londoner […]
[…] Francis was sent to tell me, ‘I’ve got a wonderful new job, they’re talking me off this television quiz business’, […]
[…]h Television". And I thought, 'Who is it? It must be a company that's coming in and selling things around!' And that was the first indication that I knew about Scottish Television! But over the years as we toured with Jack, we were together for thirteen years and during that tour I was approached by[…]
[…]there weren’t the chances that people have now, there weren’t really thespecific courses then, I mean this was wartime. It was just something that I knew I wanted to do, I always had.You were interested in clothes as a child?I was a child that was always drawing clothes and always... I remember[…]
[…]s and we must do it so that he’s got a move up’, etc, etc. So we went through this farce and Francis was sent to tell me, ‘I’ve got a wonderful new job, they’re talking me off this television quiz business’, etc, etc. So I said, ‘Oh, how marvellous, that is good news’, you know. An[…]
[…] that ITC have 9,800 hours of television programme that I was responsible for.Alan Sapper : Incredible.Lew Grade : They still have it. And I like the new people at ITC. And then I decided to go after I'd made, no - let me go back - RAI had a project called 'Moses'.Alan Sapper : Oh, yes, the Italian […]
