GOING THE DISTANCE
Dolly Parton, Jools Holland and I came together, as you already know, to create three unique hours of continual broadcasting for the BBC Two Special, ‘COUNTRY NIGHT.’ Now for something completely different, but no less [...]
BBC 2’s ‘COUNTRY NIGHT’ Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton first came into my life from a distance. Country Night(BBC 2) was a continuous three-hour specialcelebrating Country Music, to be broadcast at peak viewing time. Two of the three hours would be live [...]
Mairi Mhor
Sir Michael Caine delivered a deeply personal and moving eulogy in honour of John McGrath. I was among the capacity audience of friends and leading filmmakers paying our respects at 195 Piccadilly, BAFTA’s London headquarters. [...]
MIDGE URE: Remembers(BBC 2).
Last Saturday, I watched this programme, which exploredMidge Ure’s role as musical director, for the famous 1986 ‘Prince’s Trust - Birthday Concert’. The concert celebrated the founding of the Trust by Prince Charles, as he [...]
The Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest always refreshes excitingmemories from that day 25th. March 1972, when my self-funded apprentice film, ‘Beneath the Skyline: Edinburgh to Music’ opened the BBC’s broadcast from the Usher Hall in Edinburgh. Celebrating [...]
BUTCHER: Invisible Wounds.
Sir Bobby Robson had already seen our two self-funded, award winning Olympic Games Films: “The Long Sprint: Diary of an Olympic Athlete” (Montreal 1976) and “No Easy Way: Allan Wells - One Man’s Olympics”(Moscow1980) before [...]