[…]p; The uprising had taken place in Budapest and the emphasis, the news emphasis, was entirely on what happened in Hungary. At the same time the Suez adventure was beginning. Eden had got us into all the problems with the Suez. And as I left Lime Grove, on my way to fly to New York,[…]
[…]t you wanted to do. I've only just realized that this moment that there is an absolute coherence between what I did in the army and what I did in the BBC.But in 1942 in the summer of 1942 after doing my basic training and having a leave I was sent to the War Office Selection board the first War Offi[…]
[…]knewthat he had to work. So when I wanted him to work he'd work. And it was a relationship as you know that lasted until he died in 1969 and this was 1956.And he did some things with Francis Essex called Tin Pan Alley which was a sort of holding time, and meanwhile Brian Tesler had been asked to dev[…]
[…] the network.DS: Then ATV took up.JPH: Weekend, Saturdays and Sundays and the rest of them crept in gradually – Granada about a year later, 1956. In fact Rediffusion sustained Granada for a very long time, they never acknowledge it these days, but they wouldn’t have happened without R[…]
[…] any other director, not even Hitchcock, who could would be superior, or even David Lean, who I think is one of the English might say visual masters, Director. It's not only clever with his artist, but he's also very clever from the visual side. That's why whoever, because I worked with David Lean w[…]
[…] parliaments. They blow hot and cold. Something hap- pens in Suez, something happens in the North Pole and its all […]
[…]fied the incorrect placement of the reels in terms of continuity of the storyline and were able to restore the true chronology intended by the film’s director. We also ensured we put a clear note in each affected tin warning the projectionist at the next cinema using our print to make them aware of […]
[…]ort of films.’ Or ‘I don’t want him because he’s,’ you know, this.
Mhm.
But, I don’t think I’ve come across...
Well the ambition was to be a director. What happened there, did you abandon it, or did it abandon you?
I abandoned it really. I could have been a director. I could be a directo[…]
[…]and said. I fortunately remembered that when I was still at university I'd gone for an interview at BBC Scotland. and said to them I want to join the BBC. And they said what as. I didn't know. I said as a programme engineer. I thought that was a producer, somebody who engineers programmes. And they […]
[…]But obviously at that time, it wasn’t top of my agenda. So, yes, about, so, yeah, that was it, so. And it wasn't long from there, I ended up with the BBC. RL: 12:48 And That's the interesting thing. Why the BBC? I mean, well, if this one decision that shaped your entire life. GM[…]
