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[…] quite the... Well Cecil McGivern was head of programmes on TV. Well Cecil, was Cecil McGivern before Cecil, well before […]

[…] [quietly] oh I’ve lost all the names. Terrible.MW: Well David Francis was one of the early ones.CJ: David had, he preceded me as the first TV officer; Liam O’Leary had preceded me as well as Acquisitions Officer. They – Liam fell out with Lindgren’s methodology – he was a bit more Langloi[…]

[…]d that twice. I did Clara in The Nutcracker, I did Checkmate, the Vic Wells ballet did Checkmate. There was a lot.NS: Who was in charge in respect of TV production in those days?MD: D H Munro, I think, I mean I don’t know, But my impression is that it was D H Munro.AS: He did all the ballets?MD:&nbs[…]

[…] was the time when the BBC were transmitting 30 line TV on long-wave I think, and medium-wave. Alan Lawson: Yes. […]

[…]echnical paper, a technical book for people building amateur radios and stuff like that. And this was the time when the BBC were transmitting 30 line TV on long-wave I think, and medium-wave.Alan Lawson: Yes.David Robson: And I built the Nipkow disk and the picture element I think was a neon lamp...[…]

[…] ones. CJ: David had, he preceded me as the first TV officer; Liam O’Leary had preceded me as well as […]

[…] to the BBC because we wanted to see this Scottish TV programme on Livingst one. And when it was on […]

[…]re party to it in some fashion. The directors I mentioned George of course Bill Ward was there and Bill went on to enormous heights of course in the ATV in the Grade organization.  He had been a floor manager, he was a director by the time I got there working on light entertainment so call[…]

[…]yright of this recording is vested in the BECTU  history project. Today's subject Gerald chambers are senior floor manager with experience at AR TV Rediffusion television and London Weekend Television. Gerald is now retired. The interviewer is john P. Hamilton, a member of the committee. The da[…]