Peter Tanner

[…]in Sussex had been in the first world war with Michael Balcon's brother, Chan Balcon who was then in charge of production at Lime Grove or Shepherd's Bush Studios. And I managed to get from him an introduction from Chan Balcon, he agreed to see me. I went to London. I went to Lime Grove, a wonderful[…]

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[…] then in charge of production at Lime Grove or Shepherd's Bush Studios. And I managed to get from him an […]

Simon Rose

[…]od thing because I was then freelance and man alive still wanted me to edit and three of three of us editing wanted us to carry on. So we moved up to Shepherds Bush to sort of part of the BBC shanty town houses and the Golden Road and Shepherds Bush place called Golden studios, and we have three lit[…]

Harry Fowler

[…]aff.” Anyway, he carried on and he said “There’s the air ministry, where you could do secretarial work.” I said “where, which air ministry?” He said “Bush House.” I’d almost started my career at Bush House [Aldwych, London] broadcasting on the BBC Overseas Service, to Germany. I said “Oh I’ll have t[…]

Jill Balcon (Day-Lewis)

[…]that he'd rather be his own boss and sink than swim in such company. Did he like the Osterers? They Osterers? They closed, I think the policy at Shepherds Bush had not worked in that they tried to make movies for the American market and that hadn't worked. Jill Balcon  32:17 […]

John L Hargreaves

[…] importance but along with a lot of others Arthur cleaver under the now Lee Steve file a new name that we all got our releases and started working at Shepherds Bush in January 1945. And the rest is history and the company was called production facilities films we were known as pf BFF or fearful for […]

Johnny Speight

[…]as nothing like, radio was still the big work place, where you worked, many more shows on radio than on television. I went, when I went to Shepherd's Bush, the tv part of it was just a small building, where the scene changing area, round the back there. And Duncan Wood was one of the first producers[…]

Peter Sargent

[…]our earliest memory, Peter? Where did you actually start?PS. I started in 1934, at Lime Grove, which of course has gone now, Lime Grove at Shepherd's Bush, and I started there. And the reason I started there was because my father was having a film made there. He wrote for the cinema and theatre, and[…]
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