Search Results for: Oscar - Fiddler on the Roof (d. Norman Jewison 1971)

behp0184-francis-gysin-summary[Transcribed from David Robson’s handwritten notes. DS]SIDE ONEBorn in London of a Swiss father and a Scottish mother.

…e launched The Sky At Night in 1957 and produced the magazine show Monitor (1959-1963), shaping the show’s content through her arts expertise.

…or Stephen Peet was  one of the key figures in the development of post-war British documentary. He is best known as the creator of the award-winning Yesterday's Witness, presented by th…

Head of Outside Broadcasting, Head of BBC Enterprises 

…ith Baird’s and then he joined the BBC to transmit the original 30 line television transmissions. He describes the early days of Alexandra Palace and the close down for war, and he then goes on with h…

…cational, or, at least, mind opening for them. So my first thought was of a time-space machine with contemporary characters who would be able to travel forward and backward in time, and inward and out…

…uctions of The Merchant of Venice (1980) and Macbeth (1983) - the latter starring Nicol Williamson - as well as the made-for-TV adaptation of Graham Greene's Th…

Married to Barbara Mullen; brother-in-law of John Grierson The copyright of this recording and transcript is vested in the BECTU History Project. John Taylor was interviewed by Stephen Peet on 17 Marc…