[…]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 […]
[…] it came to what the scene was, you asked the director. The soundman would say, "Well if he goes in that […]
[…]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[…]
[…]ll all right Peter what about science fiction. So this guy actually took me under his wing and he taught me a heck of a lot. He was cameraman. He was director. He was everything but he took me and a few others under his wing and we started making his other science fiction film. And unfortunately he […]
[…]hot one feature film in which the principal actor, who shall be nameless, would not rehearse. And so when it came to what the scene was, you askedthe director. The soundman would say, "Well if he goes in that corner, will he say anything?" He'd say, "Well no I don't think - well he might." And this […]
[…]the the a very interesting conversation er probably seven or eight years ago because we were getting very little ... straight forward rental from the BBC. And um ..... coming to think of it Alan I don’t think that is really for this (No, no fair enough, fairenough) For , f , it’s not really for for […]
[…] be there till nine.Were you ever late?I don't think so, I can't remember, except, oh, once...Y es.When I got caught in a snowdrift on the way to A, ABBC. I was driving along, I was, I was in Totteridge Lane.Y es.I started off in Totteridge Lane, well you know what that's like, and suddenly I had to[…]
[…] situation he was in – he felt his function was to keep costs down and just be tough about money generally.AL: Did you work with him when he became a director.SC: No. He didn't make anything very distinguished – mainly quota quickies which a lot of directors did in those days.AL: You've mentioned St[…]
[…] picture going at Elstree, at the Gate Studio, not the BBC. And I - that's right - yeah - that's it. […]
[…]eah. R: I was born in Grangemouth in 1948 so I'm not local to Glasgow but I've tended to veer more to the East coast because I went to Edinburgh University so, apart from a period in Manchester, I've lived in Edinburgh for most of my life. I: So you were brought up in Grangemouth? R: […]
