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[…]t.com.Bill Ward Side 1 Alan Lawson  0:00  The copyright of this recording is vested in the Bectu History Project, Bill Ward, television technician since 1936 director, producer, programme executive, interviewer, Norman Swallow with Alan Lawson recorded on the 21st of January[…]