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Category Archives: People
Bob Baker interview and Spaces of Television panel at ‘Childhood and the Media’ conference at Leicester, 18 July
Professor James Chapman, co-investigator for the Spaces of Television project, will interview television writer, Bob Baker, as part of the programme for this year’s International Association for Media and History conference which runs from the 17th to the 20th July … Continue reading
Darrol Blake Interview Part III: Thirty Years Of Directing Soap Operas
In July 2011 Leah Panos and myself had the good fortune to interview veteran television director Darrol Blake in his Barnes Bridge home. In a career that spans fifty years, Darrol started as a Design Assistant at the BBC in … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, People
Tagged Coronation Street, Crossroads, Darrol Blake, Interviews, Soap opera
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Darrol Blake Interview Part II: Directing for the BBC and Thames Television in the 1960s and 1970s
In July 2011 Leah Panos and myself had the good fortune to interview veteran television director Darrol Blake in his Barnes Bridge home. In a career that spans fifty years, Darrol started as a Design Assistant at the BBC in … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, People
Tagged Armchair Theatre, Darrol Blake, Doomwatch, Interviews, Paul Temple
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Darrol Blake Interview Part I: Designing for the BBC in the 1950s and 1960s
In July 2011 Leah Panos and myself had the good fortune to interview veteran television director Darrol Blake in his Barnes Bridge home. In a career that spans fifty years, Darrol started as a Design Assistant at the BBC in … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, People
Tagged Blue Peter, Darrol Blake, Design, Dick Levin, Interviews, Lime Grove
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Beyond the Fourth Wall: Experiments in TV Drama: Samuel Beckett’s Plays on BBC TV
Samuel Beckett is probably best known as a theatre dramatist, but there is a long history of BBC TV presenting dramas that he wrote for specifically for the medium, and also television adaptations of his theatre work (Bignell 2009). In … Continue reading
Posted in People, Single Plays
Tagged Eh Joe, Experimental drama, Lively Arts, Samuel Beckett
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Beyond the Fourth Wall: Experiments in TV Drama: David Bowie in Baal (BBC, 1982)
Alan Clarke’s television production of Bertolt Brecht’s play Baal (BBC1, 2 March 1982) is being screened as part of the ‘Beyond the Fourth Wall: Experiments in TV Drama’ season at BFI Southbank on Friday 30 November. Booking details can be … Continue reading
Posted in People, Single Plays
Tagged Alan Clarke, Baal, Brecht, CSO, David Bowie, Experimental drama
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Roger Marshall interview part III: Writing for television in America and the U.K., Euston Films and ‘The Sweeney’
Last February, I had the good fortune to interview one of the great screenwriters of British TV drama, Roger Marshall in his Richmond home. His extensive C.V. has included episodes of The Avengers, The Sweeney, The Professionals, two plays for … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, People
Tagged Avengers, Euston Films, Interviews, Public Eye, Roger Marshall
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Roger Marshall interview Part II: ‘Missing From Home’ (1984) and Douglas Camfield
Last February, I had the good fortune to interview one of the great screenwriters of British TV drama, Roger Marshall in his Richmond home. His extensive C.V. has included episodes of The Avengers, The Sweeney, The Professionals, two plays for … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, People
Tagged Douglas Camfield, Interviews, Judy Loe, Missing From Home, Roger Marshall
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Roger Marshall interview Part I: ‘Public Eye’
Last February, I had the good fortune to interview one of the great screenwriters of British TV drama, Roger Marshall in his Richmond home. His extensive C.V. has included episodes of The Avengers, The Sweeney, The Professionals, two plays … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, People
Tagged Alfred Burke, BBC, Interviews, Public Eye, Roger Marshall, Survivors, Thames Television
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