[…]agenham with until the start of the first second world war. Nick Gilbey 1:13 Did your parents have any connection with the television film industry, Harry Coventry 1:21 no, no. My, my father had a job. He worked in London with a Cable and Wireles[…]
[…]o make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. And because we had to, we managed to find a way to do it. And although things were far more professional in a television context, there was still occasions where you needed to break the rules to cover something that wasn't there. When I first started, as an ed[…]
[…]nd. I was given the option to tell you taking a retirement or going anywhere else in the BBC that I wanted and in fact I had been wanting to get into television for a long time because I was very interested in photography. But I wasn't allowed to transfer because they took the view that. If they cha[…]
This transcription was provided in 2015 by the AHRC-funded ‘History of Women in British Film and Television project, 1933-1989’, led by Dr Melanie Bell (Principal Investigator, Leeds University) and Dr Vicky Ball (Co-Investigator, De Montfort University). BECTU History Project Interview no: N/K Inte[…]
[…]itting khaki shirt and some sort of French headgear, a solar topee, I don't know if they call them those these days. You see them in period movies on television sometimes and that sort of thing...Alan Lawson: [Laughing]. Yes, yes, yes, yes.David Prosser: ...and he used to slump around with these dam[…]
[…] fact even now I can be not looking at the television and I can know who it is talking, and […]
[…]e the critics even saw it, this was the strength of his public appeal and his quality as A man and creative artist, to have that module. There was no television, of course, opposition, so that made enormous difference. The same time this was exciting to have this so the public had that faith and res[…]
[…]e actors whether I ever met them or not, but I knew them so well. In fact I used to know voices so well. In fact even now I can be not looking at the television and I can know who it is talking, and it may be a small-part actor of many years ago, and I still recognise the character. Anyway, that's d[…]
[…]few more demos, edits, and so on. Then, complete change really, in 1955 or 54. This friend colleague of mine, the bear had been getting in touch with television, which was about to burst out in commercial television and the BBC was also pulling the stops out. Because one day they were going to have […]
HP0190 David Attenborough – Transcript.The copyright is vested in the BECTU History Project. David Attenborough, television director, producer.Interviewer Norman Swallow, recorded 8 April 1991Recordist: Alan LawsonSIDE ONE, TAPE ONENorman Swallow: Where and when were you born?David Attenborough: I w[…]
