[…]ars foundation and 2 years intermediate and then you get your NDD so it's a 4 years course. 0:04:29.9 MIKE: So how did you get into the film and television industry? 0:04:32.0 JOY: Well, I didn't want to be directed to education and teachers because that's what they used to do... that's th[…]
[…] the field, and he was the test pilot.Rodney Giesler: What was his real name?Larry Allen: Well I found out by sending photographs of our place to the Royal Museum, you know, and they wrote back and they said, "Yes we know Peggy..." It was Peggy Reynolds, his name was Mr Reynolds."Rodney Giesler: Why[…]
[…]f side 4 to follow Norman Swallow  0:04  the copyright of this recording is vested in the BECTU history project. Peter Montagnon  television producer and director of television films, interviewer, Norman Swallow, recorded on the 31st of October 1995. Side onePeter Montagnon […]
[…]nic film, and that film was produced by International Realist Productions, in collaboration again of course with the Spottiswoodes. And it was called Royal River. And it was a scenic film shot on the River Thames. Because of the massive and immovable nature of this giant camera, the film was nearly […]
[…]g moved like a ship at sea. And it really was most impressive, to the extent that because Noel was connected - no doubt, in the way that he was - the royal family were brought down to see the shooting on the set. So we had one morning when we were told, "The royal family will be here shortly, get ev[…]
[…], what I hated was what I called piebald productions.Oh.Which was where you had…Yes.Video tape interiors.Yes, indeed.And 16mm exteriors.That’s awful, royal telly silly. [Laughter]Yes. And I, for about ten years I managed to persuade my employers, whichever producer it was...Oh yes.The BBC or Thames […]
    EXTRACT: On losing the job of a lifetime:-"I said a permanent job in films or television would be like winning the pools - any kind of a job, I’d be grateful. I suddenly got a phone call one day to see this guy called Ward Thomas, so I go traipsing down to this place beh[…]
