[…]. So all I can say about Gumshoe is, there are great things in it but it didn’t really quite work. And after that Stephen went off and got a job with Thames TV to learn how to be a director and he learnt but he didn’t really know when he did Gumshoe. And I certainly didn’t know because it was my sec[…]
[…] be a certain amount of quota that the non big five companies, ITV was organised into the big five and the rest and the big five were London Weekend, Thames Television, Granada, Central and I've forgotten the other one! I: Yorkshire. R: Yorkshire, thank you! And STV and other companies wer[…]
[…] “Why don’t you write me a television play?” I said “Really?” and he said “Yeah.” He said “I’m going to produce a series of first plays.” DB: At Thames. GG: “-At Thames. Do one for me.” And I said “What about?” And he said “About hang-gliding.” I said “I know nothing about hang-gliding.” H[…]
[…]ishes, etc. So, the talks kind of broke down. We had more meetings in the diary. And there was a guy working as a journalist. You'll know his name at Thames Television at the time, called Marc Wadsworth RL: 9:47 Yes, yes, right, GM: 9:48 Fairly famous now, with […]
[…]e editing and in colour.Anecdote about Ena Sharples of Coronation Street 1968. Tell us of journey from presentation assistant to producer? Boarded by Thames as promotion Scriptwriter and got job.Wrote for David Hamilton and Philip Elsmore TV announcers.Bob Tyrell ex ITN was This is Your Life Head an[…]
