Search Results for: Royal Television Society Gold Medal 1988.

[…] screenwriter. One of the producers and directors who shaped British television drama in its formative years, He was a key figure […]

[…]ul to me. You know, there was a period where, you know, I'd done a few movies, but things hadn't really worked out. And I was looking to find work in television. And Jerry was kind enough to introduce me to a series that was being made. I think it was down in Southampton. I can't remember the name o[…]

[…]nish there was one thing I wanted to ask about digital releases, home movies … is that ever factored in? Is there kind of a look for, kind of, a home television sets or anything like that? You know I’m not as familiar with that but is there anything that has to be done in the mastering of like, say,[…]

[…]mas and that was my job out there, so I did the whole of the [unintelligible]the interior of the bomb bay, had to ask all of the things with the Royal Air Force about bombs and stuff like that. And I went down with it. The first time I ever went down, I went down with a man called Tommy Carlin […]

[…]icrowave dish which would follow us to wherever the news was and try and park somewhere local and put the crane up so that they could see the Theatre Royal tower and when you think about the challenge of that, that's pretty challenging! To want to do that was pretty good! I: Yeah! [72:30]R[…]

[…]in, I mean, I'm a, I've only just retired, I've only just left it actually! I: So, that would have been ACTT? [The Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians] R: Yes, ACTT. I: So, when you went Freelance, you were part of the Freelance branch of ACTT? R: Yes,[…]

[…]ey did. And then whilst doing that, I applied to the union, AC T. And they were very busy at that time, because I was starting off all the commercial television. And I got an interview with this man. I suddenly got telegram and he said, meet me in Santo pub in Wardour Street. I thought funny. Anyway[…]

This recording was transcribed by funds from the AHRC-funded ‘History of Women in British Film and Television project, 1933-1989’, led by Dr Melanie Bell (Principal Investigator, University of Leeds) and Dr Vicky Ball (Co- Investigator, De Montfort University). (2015).BECTU History ProjectInterview […]

[…]sn't interested. So two reasons A she was getting very much towards the end of her career then, plus the fact this was just before colour came in, in television and it was black and white. And she didn't fancy that but the most important thing of all is they couldn't pay her money. But he could pay […]