For the past thirty five years, The British Entertainment History Project has been recording the stories of men and women working in the UK […]
[…]bsp;Yes, and a lot of black and white, may I add. Yes. Mike Dick 52:46 1969, you dida programme called "Who Done it?" for ATV. Madeline Smith 52:52 Yes, I did. Mike Dick 52:53 And you played a character call[…]
[…] ago in 1973. You were the news editor for UTP reports. I was a rather callow youth just out of university, and I was applying for a job with Granada TV. And I, as a student that was watching what UTB did. One thing to remember, is the lunch break, you and your colleagues, you all blink cricket.Unkn[…]
[…]ago, working as a Web Developer in the Visual Team, looking after the various websites along with the team here. So, an example of that would be the STV Player, STV News, things like that. And small micro sites, we'll say Coronation Street, Emmerdale, the X Factor, that sort of thing. Over time we'v[…]
[…]it but one or two people in the media thought I might be able to make a fist of it in broadcasting and the day after the Govan Election there was an STV reception at the Liberal Democrat Conference in the Corran Halls in Oban. David Scott who was, at that time, Head of News and Current Affairs of ST[…]
[…]m after lovely film. Until the mid’50s you didn’t touch television and according to the list, it was a film for television in ’57. Play of the Week, ITV.RENÉE GLYNNE: Ah, like Laura or I don’t know what ... The Telephone.DARROL BLAKE: Heaven and Earth. (TIME 36.10)RENÉE GLYNNE: O[…]
[…]from the start. You think? You know, yes. But there’s a great thirst. Yes, you’re not going to get it on ITV in prime time. But there’s a great, maybe not, but there’s a great thirst for all things connected with, especially with the film and TV[…]
[…]t we actually ran a competition to name the new programme, and the most popular one was Top Gear. This was a very long time before Top Gear the TV programme was ever even heard of. But it was called Top Gear and it was the first time of Top Gear, which came back later in 1967 with […]
David Croft Side 1Camera 0:03 Yeah, carry on. When we've done a few questions. I'll just do a check replay check .Darrol Blake 0:09 Oh, yes, please. Good idea. Okay, Yeah. You are rolling? Yeah. Okay. The copyright of this recording is vested in the BECTU […]