[…], Friday night, debate programme so I then went off to present Trial By Night and then I was also doing some documentaries on the Scottish Reporters' Documentary strand, which started in 1993 and I was also doing the odd News Report as well so I was really very, very busy. And then Donald MacCormick[…]
[…]as offered a job a secretarial job for less money. At which point my mum said, Look, Louise, you've always wanted to work in broadcasting, I'd seen a documentary when I was 13. That's about Abbey Road Studios. That's what I want to do. I mean, and she said, Just do it. You never know. And perhaps la[…]
[…]r, in Essex, well, it's a school and left school that just turned 15. My father had been in the in the film industry before the war as working in for documentary come here, I guess, one of his jobs when he was an accountant to start with, although he had an artistic flair for other things. And he wa[…]
[…]fects and the story, but the use of music in the film as well was something that I was really impressed with. I also really loved the landmark series documentary Music & Arts series of the 1970s. So things like “The Ascent of Man”, “Civilization” etc that were bringing together you know art and […]
[…]involved in the Ministry films, you know, which were things about the all ration, your new ration book and...?No, because that was what we called the Documentary Department.Oh.And I didn’t deal with documentaries. Oh, and occasionally I would be called in togive an opinion or say what I thought. But[…]
[…]ene - I think it was Rene Wilson - an editor from England years ago, was living in America, and she introduced me to a man called Jean Oser who was a documentary director. And he said, "Don't listen to the Americans, they'll tell you that you can't do anything! I will help you." Cutting it short, he[…]
[…]pt as a full member I think it was October and December 42. You did a three month probation and that even though I think that the basic wage for this documentary was 35 but. It was like fifteen hundred pounds.[00:08:54.350] - SPEAKER: F17 What was your working week then. Pretty good. Because we[…]
