[…]the Triffid’ which was a bit of a romp?C. D. Another big picture at Shepperton. Mainly of course with the Special Effects, who made all the Triffids, radio controlled. It was the most remarkable set we built. In the story 'The Day of the Triffids’ the whole world goes blind except one or two people […]
[…]t wasn't long before we came to Upstairs Downstairs, that Was 1972. And that music got an award, the Ivor Novello Award for the Best Theme from TV or Radio in 1975 and 1976. I had to wait for one when there wasn't one better.TD: Tell me about Writing the music, I believe the theme Song Was changed.A[…]
[…] and I went to the local council school, then I went to... I did go to aprivate school for a bit in Uxbridge, because I failed the Eleven Plus, I was one of those, so she sent me to a private school in Uxbridge for a couple of years. And from there I went to Ealing Art College, which was a technical[…]
[…]s, she was. And then we had Val Gielgud who worked mainly from Broadcasting House but came down twice a week.[40:18]He still had his connections with radio?Oh yes, yes.That was his main job?Yes, yes. I don’t know what Michael was doing at this point, had he gone to directing?Michael Barry?Yes. Where[…]
[…]p; But I used to get Richard for 5 guineas and 10 guineas, and I said, “Richard, but you can earn 40 guineas” because he was very well established in radio. “Ah, my boy” he said, “Television is the medium of the future and I am going to be the best commentator in television.” And he was very f[…]
[…] to charge batteries and carry batteries around for when they used to have the oldUnknown Speaker 1:42 two two volt batteries for the old radio sporting, yeah, from there, I went up to their headquarters in Fitzroy square.Unknown Speaker 1:51 And there they used to do models,[…]
[…]out the importance the BBC attached to children’s programmes on television. That came out of the importance they attached to children’s programmes on radio. Early days it was really like radio with pictures and policies were much the same. Policies seem to come from some extent from policies at BH.C[…]
[…]. It would be in God's will. And that would mean that we were an expense of the nuisance in about 1936 when I was 20 apparently I heard a talk on the radio by Anthony Asquith about film societies presenting films that were not considered commercial for the public. I don't remember actually that but […]
[…]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[…]
