[…]to be invaded by women Ithink really, really and truly. And it’s only beginning to happen now – what forty years later.AL: Yes it was because of television.Yes, yes, yes, and the five, probably the, the ability to move equipment around, yes so much more easily. So I really did myself in the eye[…]
[…] by the AHRC-funded ‘History of Women in British Film and Television project, 1933-1989’, led by Dr Melanie Bell (Principal Investigator, […]
[…] Dean and I said what's he doing. He's with Baird Television, he's looking for somebody for some p hotographic process […]
[…]me of interviewee Susan Crockford DRAFT Tape 1 Side AThis 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 Uni[…]
[…]ker 0:15 On Michael holding on British are more exactly English with a bit of Irish learning.Unknown Speaker 0:23 I've been a television programme maker for the past 50 years, always freelance. And of course, being freelance has advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand, […]
[…]day relief, but I didn’t take it too seriously because having worked for a tiny bit in the film industry proper, there was that distinct feeling that television was well down the list – it was not regarded as a serious thing. And it was very much ‘them and us’, and I have to say the atmosphere at th[…]
[…]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 […]
[…]hat sentence to come out of his mouth. "Oh we'll get away with that." I mean all these kind of film phrases that one hears, especially from people in television - "We'll get away with that" I absolutely can't stand, and it's because of him. And so it's made me quite prickly to work with, for some pe[…]
