[…] childhood memories of watching, you know, Cartoon Cavalcade and all the other great STV programmes. I have a great fondness of the brand but, from a corporate prospective, SMG just got itself into a very difficult position and, I think, just became a tarnished brand so, clearly, something had to be[…]
[…]n, Lionel Cole is still, is continuing with, is continuing with video, but I think er - I was lookin.g at the title on his latest film and it still incorporates BTF, but I think we may have to face the inevitable and it might be sensible to er - to er - regard it as at the end of the road. Er - and,[…]
[…]ot so bad these days he was younger and excited, “ah, ah, ah what about that for a bloody series mate, eh?” And Tom froze and actually said “Over our corporate dead body do we make a series out of subversive muck like that.” And my heart sank. The man was a Scottish Presbyterian, I think, and his fa[…]
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BILL COTTON JRRestricted copyright and pUblication only with writtenpermissionInterviewed by John Taylor, with Stephen Peet and Alan LawsonBill Cotton Jr was born on 23 April 1928, educatedArdingnye College, SussexSIDE 1, TAPE 1John Taylor: Your father started working with the band early on, before […]
1 BEHP Interview No 145. Sydney Newman Sensitivity warning : Sydney Newman uses fairly robust language and expresses some opinions […]
