[…]he Orient Express with Sidney Lumet for whom I have enormous respect, a wonderfully technical director and very good with actors as well, the perfect director. One of the perfect types of directors. We had in the early weeks of that picture The Murder on the Orient Express we had a lot of criticism […]
[…] show out and there was a picket of ITN and BBC. So, yes, it was a lively period. So for you […]
[…] lessons. SF: Yes. And risen through the ranks-ish in the BBC. SF: Yes. Started as a floor manager. SF: Yes. And […]
[…]r, and there were young ladies around. I thought these guys are onto something, so I went and had a word with them, and found they all worked for the BBC. And of course, they're all on the AP shift system, which is a seven day fortnight. So you had three days off one week and four days off the next.[…]
[…]own Speaker 5:58 that BBC had lost a lot of staff to ITV, of course, because there was nowhere else to recruit them from. So I joined the BBC.Unknown Speaker 6:09 It turned out not to really be my cup of tea, it was very formal. If you met somebody new that almost the first t[…]
[…]on’t get a lot of parts with an accent.SF: No, of course, not.So he’d gone and taken elocution lessons.SF: Yes.And risen through the ranks-ish in the BBC.SF: Yes.Started as a floor manager.SF: Yes.And worked in the BBC. So when I met him he’d just made a little film, I think I was about... How old w[…]
[…]ggested why didn’t I go to the BBC, you know, you can work your way up from whatever. So I took a secretarial course and then didn’t get a job at the BBC.Sheila Whitaker Page 7[10:11]SF: Did not get a job with them? Sods.Well, I walked in and the Personnel Officer who was, I mean you could tell[…]
[…]ll,Richard Marden 43:01 I would be with Dick Storey I was Paul Kruger andAlan Legard 43:07 I could edit it. He was he was the director. No,Richard Marden 43:11 I'm not sure what he did that. I mean, we just used to see each other regularly.Inever quite knew what&n[…]
[…]nstance. And so I got to know people the BBC very well Max more than wits and then and even be senator so when when I went solo. I did have access to BBC. And we were offering a facility in Bristol wonderful. At that time again you got to remember the local BBC was not used by. London. Ealing hadn't[…]
