Penny Woolcock

[…]hich you've made your your life's work? Penny Woolcock  1:09  I I've had no family connection whatsoever with the film industry or the TV industry. As I say I didn't even grew up here. We didn't have a television when I was young.So I guess I've always felt like somewhat of an outside[…]

David Elstein

[…]e various papers including one on the concept public service broadcasting – “a career shaping experience”. Hoggart had been on Pilkington Ctte, anti-ITV, pro-“uplifting” public monopoly: “ideas which I found antithetical but interesting”. Years later drew on this experience as Professor of Broadcast[…]

Esther Rantzen

Interview with Esther Rantzen: Transcript of Sample ClipEsther Rantzen: When I joined Radio as a studio manager making sound effects, playing gramophone records, both for music and effects,. It was just after the great days of B.B.C. Radio, which I imagine would have been in the Fifti[…]

Lusia Krakowska (Mrs Arendt)

[…]ced.RF: That does sound like television then doesn't itLK: YesMH: Which year were you thinking of in terms of the cider ones?LK: In the '50sRF: Well ITV came in in '55LK: But some of the films which I cut the roll were for cinemas because I used to drag my friends to various horrible films to show t[…]

Sheila Whitaker

[…] If you’re a producer there’s a lot of boring legwork that you have to do.SF: But if Sally, with due respect, if Sally Hibbin can be Ken Loach’s executive producer,you can, standing on your head.No, I agree, I agree.Sheila Whitaker Page 41SF: I mean I’m not selling Sally short, she was my&[…]
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