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[…] Children (1970); Aubrey Singer - managing director of both BBC Television and Radio; Karel Reisz - director of Saturday Night […]
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[…] 1953 –Oh we did a lot of firsts; we did Royal Ascot, that had never been televised before the War […]
[…] much despised, because they consisted almost entirely of ceremonial events, royal weddings, Ascot, social events, sport and so on, and […]
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