[…]I sat the prelims in the University. Got the Maths, yet again, and I didn't get the French so I thought, 'Right, OK. I cannae do that! What about the Royal College of Science and Technology?' One thing less required - Lower French. Got it! Got in there and unfortunately, by this point, my mother had[…]
[…]sp; I came back, worked at Home Service as Current Affairs Producer on ‘Focus’ with Edgar Lustgarden. Then I was told time to go to Television Centre. It was a comedown intellectually from Bush House to Broadcasting House. BH was fantastic, empire created by Lawrence Gilliam, brill[…]
[…]nt, second assistant, we’ll forget first assistant, production assistant. I was the only girl at the time doing anything. This was before television, even after television because in television women began to get jobs, but not in films. Not in films. TD: My first film we had a[…]
[…]: And you were there the whole run were you?DM: Yes. SC: Which was how long?DM: A year. It was an extraordinary cast because you see the Theatre Royal are allowed to call upon the Brigade of Guards to provide so many guardsmen for each production, if we needed them. Well, we had two delicious l[…]
[…] said this, but, anyway, Nigel Bruce came later so it doesn't matter.Arnold Schwartzman : Very interesting. When you were in the army you were in the Royal Artillery?Charles Bennett : No!Arnold Schwartzman : Not the Royal Artillery? No, sorry, the Royal Fusiliers?Charles Bennett : The Royal Fusilier[…]
