[…]desk took fright, was on the day of the Dunblane tragedy. I was sent out, a keen junkie on the News Editor had sent me out to go straight to Stirling Royal Infirmary and a Reporter called Douglas McGuire, I think, who went straight to Dunblane and it was, sort of, well mobile phones were a very larg[…]
[…]he Berlin airlift, for instance.Α Yes, indeed, I covered the Berlin airlift. I did the weddings..... In fact, when I was atGaumont British, I was the royal rota camera man doing all the royal coverage and I did theChristening of Prince Charles, for instance. And I can tell you an amusing incident ab[…]
[…]night, in the car, with all her fans. And she used to come out of her dressing room, in full evening dress...Roy Fowler: They used to live quite royally, didn't they?Joan Kemp-Welch: ...and step into the car, with Willie Graham-Browne kissing her hand, andsat in the car. Of course, the aud[…]
[…]ler  31:50  her interest. You think helping you? Marvelous, marvelous,Speaker 1  31:54  marvelous, marvelous. She was selling the royal family. She did a marvelous job, and she was always the most gracious and latest. Really, I'm, I'm an ardent royalist, believe me, I couldn't, I[…]
[…]ake refuge in education, and to make it films for Sixth Form type audiences and to distribute them on video. And so, in a sense, my career began with television being a very low quality and regarded by film makers and film technicians as something of a joke and not worth not worth working in. And en[…]
[…]ia because in fact the French are too mean to give it to you. But there we are. He was a Fellow of the British Film Institute; he was a Fellow of the Royal College of Art; he was an Honorary D Lit Sussex University and he was chairman of the various companies later in life that we'll come to. But le[…]
[…]ll coming out of the services, you don’t go straight back in, you have to work your way so it was very helpful.McG: We’ve got to talk about your RAF [Royal Air Force] career, but what came first, because you did work with George Formby in Bell Bottom George. Was that before you were called up?HF: Oh[…]
[…]ast, 38 LW: What was The King’s BreakfastWT: It was the king asked the queen, the queen asked the dairy made, would you like some butter for the royal slice of bread. And it was designed again by Ronald Searle, the brilliant Ronald Searle, who also designed On The Twelfth Day of Christmas, and […]
[…]ained a number of these unedited and coxhealth hours, along with some really rare early material. programmes like calling all forces and star bill, a Royal Variety Performance. And then in addition to that, there were documentaries and interviews with Tony. And then in the last few months, we've bee[…]
