James (Jimmy) Gilbert

The copyright of this recording is vested in the BECTU History Project, the interview is with James Gilbert interviewed by John Taylor with possible interruptions by Stephen Peet. James Gilbert has mainly been a producer and director for television and the date is 5 March 1990, File No 130.SIDE 1, T[…]

Norman Swallow

[…]kshire man, and one of thepoints I should make that television in terms of it's presentation was so pompous, wasn't it, upper class, and BBC accents and all that kind&nbs[…]

Dudley Lovell

BEHP transcript DisclaimerThis transcript has been produced automatically using Otter, https://get.otter.ai/interview-transcription/.It provides a basic, but unverified or proofread transcript of the interview. Therefore, the British Entertainment History Project (BEHP) accepts no liability for[…]

Ivor Montagu

[…]them very good, and none of them very interesting, and usually just helped people to take their seats before another picture; but in television, news presentation is one of the most important things. And there is alway a demand for it. And this means that the gates are opened to a much wider politic[…]

Charles Potter

[…]nd he thought, you know, they had a civil background, presumably, they should, they work better, and so on so forth. And as we broadly say, he made representations and we came to a compromise, remember, on rates and pain and everything else, but it was all pretty satisfactory. Bonafant's strength, o[…]

David Prosser

BECTU History Project - Interview No. 88[Copyright BECTU]Transcription Date: 2002-01-18Interview Date: 1989-05-23Interviewer: Alan LawsonInterviewee: David ProsserTape 1, Side 1Alan Lawson: The copyright of this recording is vested in the ACTT History Project. David Prosser, Newsreel cameraman, late[…]

Peter T Handford

[…]Basingstoke and Newbury.Meanwhile I had gone to school at Christ’s Hospital, the Bluecoat School in Horsham which had scholarships and what they call Presentations so that needy boys could go there without having to pay the fees. I must say I hated the place because it was run on very militaristic l[…]

Cyril Howard

[…];contributions were that Pressbur­ger was very strong on the script and Powell maybe more on a cinematic presentation of the script and then the actual direc­tion.  CH:  I think you 1 re absolutely&nb[…]

Robert Beatty

This recording is the copyright of the British Entertainment History Project. The transcript is not verbatim.Interviewer Roy Fowler. Interview Date: 18th August 1988.SIDE 1, TAPE 1Roy Fowler: You've been in this country 50 years now.Robert Beatty: More now, I came over in 1937. I went to Toronto for[…]

Alan Izod

Stephen Peet  0:00  This is Alan Izod Izod. I ZO D being interviewed by Steven Peet , the copyright of this recording is vested in the ACTT History Project. And this is tape one, side one. And the date is June 11. 1998.Where were you born and when ?Alan Izod  0:46   I was &n[…]
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