[…] USA. Also, Gene Nelson from the USA, Kathleen Harrison, Ben Lyon. Ben Lyon, I'd like to mention the fact that erm to mention Ben Lyon with his radio show, his Life with the Ly ons. Ben Lyon came to Merton Park Studios as a base for 20th Century Fox to do screen tests, and they used Merton Par[…]
[…]leaned up again and become very expensive. But when we lived there, it was basic. And we somehow made do. I used to hide in the cupboard, which had a radio above it, it was already inbuilt. And I used to listen to all the radio programmes. And I, to this day, remember, things like "Much Binding in t[…]
[…] didn’t have to do an edit in it. And, and also because of the length of the, of the cable you had to take it, you, there was no question of it being radio controlled or anything it was actually, you know, plugged in to the wall somewhere. Then you ran round the studio with this great length of cabl[…]
[…] 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[…]
[…] me things that just went over my head. I wasn't interested. But when I got to Evesham, everything they were teaching me was focused on television or radio or engineering of all aspects, from electrical to mechanical as well and electronic. So because it was so interesting, I just really got into it[…]
[…]ing that. So being the hands and feet of the actors whilst they're walking around with their scripts. In between that I would do things like slapping radio mics on a pebble Miller one and any programmes that I think I was, I was there for the last two or three years of Palmetto at one.Unknown Speake[…]
[…]t of well. There's a numberSpeaker 1 27:52 of genres if you like, for example, there were all these detectives, many from either books or radio series, mainly in the States. There was a few British but Bulldog Drummond and so on, but they were often made in Hollywood anyway. It was all t[…]
[…]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[…]
[…]uld be highly delighted. Miniature lapel microphones appeared which could be concealed but they're not usually as good as having a proper microphone. Radio mikes are of course very popular but they cannot always be relied upon. So really these improvements fall into several areas.Peter Musgrave: Do […]
