[…]eady well known as supporter of independent Channel 4. I also called for BBC funding by subscription which was against ITV policy. Even when I was at Sky, that was not what Sky wanted either. When you take a public position which is well established and thought through, it’s hard for a company to dr[…]
[…]was so nice, he kept saying, ‘Oh don’t worry, it’s alright, it’s alright, don’t worry’, he was so sweet. But I started to...JPH: It was probably Welensky, wasn’t it? From Rhodesia?DS: Oh, it could have been. He was ever so nice. He could see how nervous I was. But I got a bit tired of it after a whi[…]
[…], and I’m talking…well three years ago…1990, the News Access Agreement was enforced again in this country, and by agreement between the BBC, ITV, and Sky, news access became possible to each others exclusive sporting events. And as a result of that, BBC News can now show the cricket in India, […]
[…] was exactly the same except that it was called The Sky’s the Limit and you were given travel instead of […]
[…]to recruit more people so, but basically, we, in order to go out, and organise and recruit. So, for example, we ran a massive recruitment campaign in Sky in 2003, right? With the exception of Sharon Elliott and myself, all the others people on there were all volunteers. RL: Yeah. GM: Helpi[…]
[…]ision of course, it was because Hughie had thought up this substitute for Double Your Money, which was exactly the same except that it was called The Sky’s the Limit and you were given travel instead of money for the prize. Oh right, yes. But I can’t tell you, in the early days I wro[…]
[…]old Alfred Hitchcock. And one of my first jobs when I got on the set that I was that, Tony was that I was sent by Gordon Dines to find the sky hook. Because there was only one sky hook at Elstree Studios. And it had to be shared via the various productions. And I think I spent the whole m[…]
[…]ain, as I like to shoot against the light, but the sun setting even when the sun had set in the background and suddenly throw up some patterns in the sky. To me, that was dramatic. And I used to have often just a brooch and folk artists to light up the action and blend them both together. And they w[…]
[…]thms, I don’t know, perhaps even a different way of lining up shots. And then I actually directed this astronomy series and out of that came The Sky at Night.Sorry, are we are Alexandra Palace or Lime Grove?This is Lime Grove, yes. I was at Lime Grove as a planning assistant and then towards th[…]
[…]write this I tried these could just faintly be seen and we would shoot the sky backgrounds down at Rams gate on the end of the jetty there. And we'd s[…]
