[…] was not really prepared for anything, I would say, and hadn't any clear idea what I wanted to do...I just wanted to get to work. I was interested in radio, so I was making radio sets and reading and that sort of thing...and electricity. And I became acquainted with a chap on the Hampstead Garden Su[…]
[…]the end of 1940, we got moved out somewhere round October.Roy Fowler: You were part of the BBC rep?Robert Beatty: No, I was reading news. I was doing Radio Newsreel. I was in it for about a year and a half.Roy Fowler: This was auntie unbending from the dinner jacket and black-tie image.Robert Beatty[…]
[…]rse the two evening shows you see, with a break between. But the feature film was not as long as they are today but the news of course - there was no radio. The public relied on it. Scraps of reel. And anyway, the news and the travel picture, was more than valued. You see they go out now. But many o[…]
[…]ers and our own tele city and everything there. So basically anything on the sound side I could check internally. And we also had, of course, had the radio division, so I had access to their sound equipment there. So sound was no problem. Camera wise. I mean, I had to depend if there were any questi[…]
[…]Telex seems comparatively recent. One used to rely on cables and little [incomp – 54:39] with twigs [?] running through the jungle. Or rather dubious radio connections between wherever the nearest capital or centre was and radio out with the unit.What were some of the titles? You’ve mentioned one or[…]
[…] of the oral histories of professionals from British Film, Television, Radio and Theatre. The British Entertainment History Project is building […]
[…] keep up appearances. So what happened? You listened to the radio, and you had discussions about Joad and Priestley, and […]
[…] just wanted to get to work. I was interested in radio, so I was making radio sets and reading and […]
[…] today but the news of course - there was no radio. The public relied on it. Scraps of reel. And […]
