[…]ell I don't know, there was but I was there and I was with an American art director named Bob Haass who was a personal friend. He was a Universal art director. And I mean it was just everybody who was in the room decided what they were going to do and they joined. And it was just like that!Rodney Gi[…]
[…]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,[…]
[…]oor of this pub I could hear myself playing the piano. I thought, I'm going crackers! But I wasn't, it was the same soundtrack being broadcast by the BBC.Roy Fowler: Extraordinary. And you recognised your touch?Eddie Dryhurst: Well I naturally recognised the tune right away and, I reckoned how funny[…]
[…]ks, I think his name was, he was the same name as the actor...Sidney Cole: ...as the actor.Tilly Day: ...actor, yes. It was the New Zealand director...Sidney Cole: New Zealand director, was he?Tilly Day: Yes. He was the director of 'You must get Married' [actually, A. Leslie Pear[…]
[…] actor. Tilly Day: ...actor, yes. It was the New Zealand director... Sidney Cole: New Zealand director, was he? Tilly Day: Yes. […]
[…]didn't get that job, but the unit ganged up on me and quite rightly, they didn't want anybody in from the there'd been a palace revolution inside the BBC. And and the man who was in charge had got chucked out for being too pro Russian. The fools didn't in the foreign office didn't understand you say[…]
[…]y, wasn't a quote of quickie. Well, anyway, it wasn't much moreUnknown Speaker 3:02 that was made inSpeaker 3 3:04 Devon, the director. I remember that. That was the period I remember going to the exact studio. Did you actually,Speaker 2 3:12 I mean, what did your[…]
[…] Lawson: Did you work with him when he became a director. Sid Cole: No. He didn't make anything very distinguished - […]
[…]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 […]
[…]fortnight's notice, because I was under contract of course, but all the staff had a fortnight's notice and out! As simple as that! It was sold to the BBC. Yes that's how that - she got fed-up with it! Annoyed with Lou Jackson, annoyed with me, for not telling her the stories.Roy Fowler: So it a[…]
