[…] in the mid sixties. There was a program on Granada Television called Cinema which was later presented by Mike Parkinson […]
[…] programmes, dramas and musicals before becoming a freelance designer. Notable television credits include Maigret (1960-1963), Porterhouse Blue (1987) and Jeeves […]
[…]ean in those days you could put yourself where you could find another job people did. long time ago in the mid sixties.There was a program on Granada Television called Cinema which was later presented by Mike Parkinson but it was a roundup of all the films they show. It's old and new movies and I th[…]
[…]that’s the sort of thing we get over here, the sort of sound we get over here” to all these people, you see, and I couldn’t get … he gave me my first television set as a present and he gave Ralph Kemplen something for his car. And I had, had a cold and he, he’d say to the assistant direc[…]
[…]ervice and at that time the BBC … it was all in black and white of course … the editor of a local newspaper had got a contract to do short stories on television and so I illustrated those. I did some illustrations for television then. Not drawing live but just simply illustrating his sto[…]
[…]mber of the ACTT and you couldn't be a member unless you had a job and so it went on so, people were quite kind but really there was nothing doing so television was the answer.I: Several studios had to close down hadn't they around 1949 so it was probably the worst time to try and get into movi[…]
[…] there. So work came pretty continuously. My first job in television: the late great Desmond Davies, he of the award, […]
[…]g in it. I hadn't seen the picture for years and years and years and years. But they still do run it Roy Fowler 1:08:01 on television in recent times. I've seen it within rare collectible memory. It's a fascinating piece, a couple of things. At some stage, we must talk abo[…]
[…]ywood, because Hollywood at this time had realised that suddenly people were not going to the cinema and they were actually staying at home. watching television instead. And so they were searching frantically for some gimmick to get people to go back to the cinema and they hit upon 3d. We had, meanw[…]