[…] out of the Army early because that way I was able to get a job, I mean, I had no money and no background, nothing. And I wrote to every single newspaper in the country and abroad…I: Can I stop you a second? Why newspapers? R: Well I…yes, why?&nb[…]
[…]titude of having a Union level of manning was kind of core to how ITV was at the time and, later on in my career when I started doing film work, film news, for instance, was done with a three-man crew - lighting, sound and camera operator - unless it exceeded two minutes and the two minute rule then[…]
[…]OK, the copyright of this recording is vested in the Scottish Broadcasting Heritage Group. The name of the interviewee is John Mackay who is the main News anchor here at STV. His job title is Presenter and he's been here since September of 1994 and the recording is taking place at Pacific Quay, Glas[…]
[…]k’, and he said, ‘Well would you like to come and help me start it?’ So I said to him, ‘You can’t possibly mean that, I hate television like all good newspaper journalists, it’s awful stuff, never watched it, don’t care about it, don’t know anything about it’. ‘Perfect’, he said, ‘just the[…]
[…] Growing up: first job at newspaper; starting at Gaumont British News; first job as a cameraman; learning to use a […]
[…]hen out of the blue I. Got a letter. I applied for a job at Universal News. Which again I didn't know was one of the five newsreels in Britain. I […]
[…] Govan Election there was an STV reception at the Liberal Democrat Conference in the Corran Halls in Oban. David Scott who was, at that time, Head of News and Current Affairs of STV said, "I would like you to come and work for STV in the run up to the next election." Didn't hear anything from David […]
[…]s very interested in that at the time. And then I was ill. I had rheumatic fever and one or two other things. And I got, I went to I got a job on the newspaper, and I was going to say I was photographer, though I was going to eventually be a photographer, I worked in the dark rooms, and I learned a […]
[…] my guidance, and somehow that wasn't really happy with the actual show. So we went to one or two other places, and we came across the Cameo cinema a newstheatre in Charing Cross road just recently, been pulled down, and my uncle took me there, and I was interviewed, and I was interviewed for job. B[…]
