[…]y what we were going to do. So, then I asked “What is the studio like, that we’re going to do this film in?” So, they punched a button on their TV set, which came up with a black and white picture, saying this is the studio. Which was just the site of the new studio. So, fine, than[…]
[…]ight up untilthe end and then he drifted off to Group Three making low budget feature films and then he foundhis own length again of course with the STV series This Wonderful World where he did have asuccess I think.Taylor/Peet: That was considerably later was it?Denis Forman: Yes, but he lay fallow[…]
[…] said it for me! Roy Fowler: This extract is from TV Times, I think I ought to read this, so […]
[…] presence and influence gradually receded as other things began, like TV Rental, Motorway Service Areas but during those early years […]
[…]enerous funding arrangement whereby the people who were responsible for the programming had absolutely no responsibility for generating the revenue. ITV was obliged to pay us a proportion of their revenues in exchange for being allowed to sell the airtime on Channel 4. So the separation between the […]
BEHP transcript DisclaimerThis transcript has been produced automatically using Speechmatics.It provides a basic, but unverified or proofread transcript of the interview. Therefore, the British Entertainment History Project (BEHP) accepts no liability for any misinterpretation of the content of this[…]
[…], I wasn't operational, I ran between the Guildhall where Michael Roberts did sound, to the Guildhall where David did sound. In between came various ATV bits in Wood Green, like the variety show that night. But I was around. There was a terrible thunderstorm. But the first programme that went out li[…]
[…]52. “With regard to this proposed Goons television show, I've elicited the basic idea hailed from Michael Bentine, when he was offered his own single TV show. With regard to the three other goons, Spike Milligan tells me was talked into it by Bentine but if I can get him out of it, he'd be grateful.[…]
[…] was a financial genius. She would say it’s no good Cartier selecting an expensive picture, I cannot pay for it.Norman Swallow: You never worked for ITVRudi Cartier: I never worked for ITV, I had many, many tempting offers, which always came back yes we will pay you more. Not one commercial, nothing[…]
[…]or the Scottish Broadcasting Heritage Group's Oral History project. The interviewer is Janet McBain, the date is 14th July 2018 and the place is the STV's studio in Glasgow. The copyright of this recording is vested in the Scottish Broadcasting Heritage Group. We will start at the very beginning. Yo[…]
