[…]…had a considerable part in the newsreel. Anyway, television…BBC Television reopened the following day, and the first film that went out, first programme that went out, was our obituary on King George VI. I have no idea how long it was. I would have thought it was about 15 to 20 mi[…]
[…]tton Jr: Most of them were, most of them stayedthere for a good time. They started to drop off obviouslyin the 60s, and in television, I produced his programmesfor 6 years on television and, I think it was 6 years, noit would be less than that, 4 or 5, about 5 years, and we used to introduce other m[…]
[…]ng men with foreign languages. Bingo! So at 17 I went up to Broadcasting House. And I think I had three interviews altogether and was made a Recorded Programmes Assistant. Vital.[Side 1, 11:05] NS: That's a technical job is it?11:08 DMW: No. Thank you for the question.NS: Please explain,[…]
[…]t took place. Anything do with personalities at all I can never recollect and I was there from the very beginning I produced and directed the opening programme and I think I was there on the last night when the service closed. And what I was, in fact because a production of mine was takin[…]
[…] actually. Interviewer (unidentified): What do you remember of the film programme, in terms of what was shown? Jill Craigie: Oh, […]
[…]ce a week?Jill Craigie: No. But people were going once a week and twice a week, actually.Interviewer (unidentified): What do you remember of the film programme, in terms of what was shown?Jill Craigie: Oh, the Ealing comedies.Interviewer (unidentified): But when you went to the cinema, what used to […]
[…]ojection projector screen and a projection is you booked it a few days in advance and then you went and watched your film, obviously, you know, for a programme going out every week. It wasn't very practical. And so they, they bought a steam back. I think they put it down to sort of 10 filing cabinet[…]
[…]:15 On Michael holding on British are more exactly English with a bit of Irish learning.Unknown Speaker 0:23 I've been a television programme maker for the past 50 years, always freelance. And of course, being freelance has advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand, you don't h[…]
