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[…] in their example. SR By the time you went to university did you already have an idea of what sort […]

[…]nd said, "Right, John, come back when you want to." And that, actually, was the kind of the ultimate in familyness. And I wouldn't have found that at BBC. I'm positive! Because one of my colleagues, ex-colleagues, unfortunately she had a bad relationship which went AWOL and, although we tried to sto[…]

[…]he war?JBWell I was very little but I do remember bombs, yes yes.SRDo you think that affected your future at all?JBNo. Not at all I think I was too young and of course since then I've learnt a lot about the warbut I don't think it affected me noSRAnd tell me about your familyJBI had a brother who is[…]

[…]und the studio.Roy Fowler: Well yes, the feel and also some of the characters. These were the years when Hitchcock was more or less a journeyman director...E.M. Smedley-Aston: Well Hitch left about the first or second year to go to Gaumont. And he did - he took with him a very extrovert ch[…]

[…] had experienced far more varied lives before they joined the BBC. In 1976 I worked for Peter Adam who had grown […]

[…]nior position?Michael Aldridge  3:27  Yes, they did. Well, I worked mainly in news and current affairs in The Grove when I started with the BBC. I didn't spend much time at Ealing, it was mainly at The Grove. And then from The Grove, I went to Bristol and joined their film unit, which alth[…]

[…]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[…]

[…] to a terrific start! That, it must be said, was due in large part to the fact that the audience, the local audience felt no affinity whatsoever with BBC. BBC Scotland. They didn't seem to think they catered for them in any way and then along comes this new kid on the block trying everything, giving[…]