Search Results for: Royal Television Society Gold Medal 1988.

…tandards to fall – Sidney Newman was brought in and Michael Barry left to start television in Ireland. Wilson became Head of Serials under Newman, but eventually gave it up to produce The Forsyte Saga…

… Baker & Co (?) city accountants (very Victorian ethics); Auditor (clients: Royal Marsden also New College Oxford). In a band called the 1st Avenue Swingtette, joined Workers Music Association, so…

…the making of the initial dome trainer.SIDE 2.In 1941 he was called up into the Royal Artillery and he talks about his war time experiences in some detail. In 1946 he was demobbed and returned to Tech…

…k to Emmanuel College wher he finished his degree in chemistry. Joined the Film Society while he was there; came down in 1948, did supply teaching for three or four years, then started to write review…

After that Paddy did a children’s feature called Kid from Canada. As television began to knock shorts out of the cinema[?] Paddy’s wife who was a Canadian suggested they go to Canada (1957-62). Before…

… release due to Asian flu which was prevalent at the time.Has never directed in television. [This is clearly stated in the notes, yet contradicted on listings such as IMDB.

… School, left 1952 with 4 [GCE] ‘O’Levels; went into insurance as a clerk; 1953 Royal Ordinance Corps until 1956, local labour exchange directed him to a job at Pathé labs, 109 Wardour Street where he…

…tudios closed and he was transferred to the Bush, eventually called up into the Royal Air Force, and after basic training was posted to Pinewood where he took over the RAF Stills Dept. He was invalide…

…He then goes on to talk about his chairmanship of the BFTPA [British Film & Television Producers Association], and then later as their Chief Executive. He winds up with his thoughts over his caree…

…f censorship in the 1960s) and the negotiations with the BBC and Channel 4 over television and theatrical rights. He details his exhibition philosophy, arguing that cinemas should be centres of entert…