[…]e. It was a comedown intellectually from Bush House to Broadcasting House. BH was fantastic, empire created by Lawrence Gilliam, brilliant producers, Alan Burgess, Jack Dillon, Keith Lindell – but not quite at Bush House intellectual level. And then there was TV Centre, “a bunch of bluffers and chan[…]
[…]l of course, from a being a cameraman, but um - you see, my experience really with production came later on with people like Terence Young directing, Alan Ladd starring, Victor Mature, Cornel Wilde, people like that. Bette Davis, who I made a picture with. Roy Fowler: OK well, shall we talk abo[…]
[…]yway, we approached, I have to say...SF: ACT?ACTT. And I always remember – I forget who was running...SF: Where are we? ‘68/69?Yeah. It was Alan.SF: George Elvin?No, Alan.SF: Alan Sapper? Already?Yes. And I have to say, that I always remember the letter we got back, basically telling us to[…]
[…]just know about the stageiness of them you look back to the great days of television dramas so-called Sydney Newman at Granada and you know the early Alan Owen plays for instance No Trains to Lime Street. I mean they were all studio bound, there was no ...Roy Fowler:Oh yes, yes. Rodney Giesler:[…]
[…]some sort of activity before.WR: There was next door, in this Kingdom & Chapman’s garage there was a glass, a big glass building. I’ve forgotten -Alan you knew the name of it, but that was a film studio, where they lit it by having blinds all over the glass and that sort of business.LH: Also the[…]
[…]terviewee Interviewers Track NoDiane TammesNicky North, Elaine Burrows 113With your ticket.With my ticket. I had to go for an interview. [laughs]With Alan Sapper? Not with Alan Sapper?No not with Alan Sapper, with the head of the camera section, whose name I can’tremember now. No, gone.Did they ask […]
