[…]p;7:05  Well, James James wrote the comments for the film on East Africa. James wrote the commentary for me. And he got us off a party line from BBC. But he talked to me an awful lot about what I'd seen and what I thought, you know, how have you actually sort of struck me as somebody who's neve[…]
[…]lle  10:15  I ended and you might know the year better than I do. When transport Commissioner started. Edgar offered me a job as the junior director. And 49 years that really about right. And I actually went in to tell my boss at Shell that I was leaving to be a junior retropart They said,[…]
[…]y it. I said well, at that time Elvin Jones, I'd told him about what I was doing and he said he was going to sign me up to a 3 play contract with the BBC. And Alan Lawson: He was involved in Z Cars wasn't he Johnny Speight: That's right, Elwyn was and he was head of drama. So I aid to Peter I don't […]
[…]ack Limelight out at ABC Studios, Boreham Wood, I said any chance of getting the job of your stand in. He said you'11 have to go along to the casting director. He said I'll speak to him. He came back the next night and said go along and see somebody called Anderson, and this chap obviously didn't wa[…]
[…]you were out, basically. So there was a certain, in my sense, a certain desperation to prove myself to be good, to keep in there, because I loved the BBC. The whole idea of working for the BBC was something magical, as far as I was concerned, and to get to be trusting on in my first week do two live[…]
[…]ary at Brentford. So I went along and had an interview for that. And I thought, Oh, this is great, really, I got the job. Because it's a way into the BBC.Unknown Speaker  3:42  And I can perhaps apply for jobsUnknown Speaker  3:45  while I'm in you know, so advertised and it was […]
[…][TAPE 1] Jimmie King [JK]: If you’d like to introduce yourself Bob.Bob Jordan [BJ]: Good morning. My name's Robert Jordan. Today is the 20th of June I believe. I'm here to talk about my life in the film industry.[01:00:16:010] JK: Would you like to say how you started out? BJ: Well ba[…]
[…]s how it all began in actualfact. But you, you had to write this thing.Y es.And then you would have these enormous meetings with the producer and the director.Oh.And the editor and, and then you would have all Wardour Street coming in to the act. It was their main advertising in actual fact.Y es.Whe[…]
[…]is an old fuss-pot but he is Very good.Alan Lawson: Is he an artist's director or a technician's director?Freddie Francis: He is definitely an artist director. He's fine. Anyway after French Lieutenant's Woman, I went over to you to Utah and did The Executioner's SongAlan Lawson: Can we come back to[…]
