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| B505 | WAIT WHILE | BARRY ASKEW INTERVIEWS DORA BRYAN | Unknown | |
| Presenter Barry Askew interviews Southport-born actress Dora Bryan (1924-) on the stage at Oldham Repertory Theatre. Bryan discusses the five years she spent working at the theatre, her husband Bill Lawton, her various stage, film and television roles and her distinctive voice More... | ||||
| B495 | WAIT WHILE | BARRY ASKEW INTERVIEWS LORD AND LADY LILFORD | c. 1971 | |
| Presenter Barry Askew interviews South African Lord Lilford and his fifth wife Lady Lilford (Scot Maggie Kenman) at their home (in Atherton?). They speak about his inheritance, his many marriages, expecting their child and apartheid in South Africa More... | ||||
| B496 | WAIT WHILE | BARRY ASKEW INTERVIEWS ROBERT STOKER | c. 1971 | |
| Presenter Barry Askew interviews Ex-President of Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Robert Burdon Stoker in his office at Manchester Docks. They discuss Stoker's re-opening of Mediterranean ports to merchant shipping during World War Two, his contribution to the development of container shipping, Manchester as the capital city of the More... | ||||
| B497 | WAIT WHILE | BARRY ASKEW INTERVIEWS JOE BROWN | c. 1971 | |
| Presenter Barry Askew interviews Manchester-born Joe Brown, pioneering rock climber of the 1950s and early 1960s and creator of numerous classic new climbing routes in Snowdonia and the Peak District. Askew questions Brown in a countryside location about what makes a good climber and Brown emphasises the psychological aspect More... | ||||
| B498 | WAIT WHILE | BARRY ASKEW INTERVIEWS VIOLET CARSON | c. 1971 | |
| North West opt out in which presenter Barry Askew interviews Ancoats-born actress Violet Carson (1898-1983), who played Ena Sharples in Coronation Street from 1960 to 1980. Carson is shown playing the piano in her home and talking about the beginnings of her career as a pianist and singer for More... | ||||
| B499 | WAIT WHILE | BARRY ASKEW INTERVIEWS NORMAN THELWELL | c. 1971 | |
| Presenter Barry Askew interviews Birkenhead-born artist Norman Thelwell (1923-2004) at his home. Thelwell speaks about his training at Liverpool College of Art and his career as a cartoonist for Punch and the Sunday Express. Includes shots of some of Thelwell's artwork More... | ||||
| B53 | WAIT WHILE | [FRIDAY BROWN SINGS IN LIVERPOOL] | 1971 | |
| Folk singer Friday Brown (from Tyldesley) stands on a balcony overlooking Liverpool city centre. She sings "In my Life" whilst images of derelict, demolished terraced houses and demolition areas are shown. She then sings "Once I was a Sailing Ship" from a ferry (on the River Mersey or Manchester Ship More... | ||||
| B54 | WAIT WHILE | [FRIDAY BROWN SINGS ON STAGE] | 1971 | |
| Folk singer Friday Brown sings "Tickle Me" on stage to an empty bar whilst a man plays the piano. She then sings "Until it's Time for you to go" whilst playing the guitar and is accompanied by the man on piano More... | ||||
| B55 | WAIT WHILE | [FRIDAY BROWN SINGS IN MOSS SIDE] | 1971 | |
| Folk singer Friday Brown is seen singing "Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel while she walks on the streets of Moss Side. Includes tall blocks of flats, neon signs at night, a cinema in the background and graffiti on walls More... | ||||
| B56 | WAIT WHILE | [BARRY ASKEW PRESENTS FROM STUDIO] | 1971 | |
| A number of studio-based pieces to camera but no filmed inserts. Barry Askew presents from a studio (black and white) welcoming the audience to Wait While: "The weekly programme from the North West for the North West". He introduces (but we don't see) Ken Dodd in Chester, Stan Kelly More... | ||||
| B57 | WAIT WHILE | COMPILATION | 1971 | |
| Barry Askew introduces this compilation programme from a BBC studio and mentions the various programmes the series has had (black and white). Friday Brown is shown singing "Long Time Boy" on a steamer on Lake Windermere. There are other studio links from Barry Askew. Then we see footage of Knowsley More... | ||||
| B500 | WAIT WHILE | BARRY ASKEW INTERVIEWS ADRIAN DE FERRANTI | 1971 | |
| Presenter Barry Askew interviews businessman Adrian de Ferranti, who is part of the Ferranti family, known for their family business in electronics, computers and electrical goods. Ferranti speaks about his grandfather Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti, who was a pioneer of the electrical engineering industry, his father Sir Vincent Ziani de More... | ||||
| B501 | WAIT WHILE | BARRY ASKEW INTERVIEWS ERIC SYKES | 1971 | |
| North West opt out in which presenter Barry Askew interviews comedy scriptwriter and actor Eric Sykes (born in 1923 in Oldham). Sykes speaks about his career working with Frankie Howard, Max Bygraves, Tony Hancock, Harry Seacombe, Spike Milligan, Jimmy Edwards and Hattie Jacques More... | ||||
| B502 | WAIT WHILE | BARRY ASKEW INTERVIEWS FRANK TAYLOR | 1971 | |
| Presenter Barry Askew interviews Frank Taylor, Liverpool's Chief Fire Officer, in the control room of a fire station. Taylor discusses the need to bring fires under control quickly and how most house fires are caused by carelessness. Includes shots of firemen in training putting out an aircraft fire with foam More... | ||||
| B503 | WAIT WHILE | BARRY ASKEW INTERVIEWS LADY STOCKS | 1971 | |
| Presenter Barry Askew interviews eighty-year-old feminist Lady Mary Stocks (1891-1975), educationist, writer and broadcaster, in her garden. Stocks discusses her activities in extending the right to vote to women, her views on broadcasting - particularly her opposition to the commercialisation of television and radio , the changing nature of the More... | ||||
| B506 | WAIT WHILE | [EDWARD LEAR AT KNOWSLEY HALL] | 1971 | |
| Actor Charles Lewson presents this light-hearted look at Knowsley Hall near Liverpool, where artist and poet Edward Lear worked in the 1800s. Lewson gives a brief history of Knowsley Hall and of Lear's difficult upbringing. Various pictures done by Lear of the Earl of Derby's collection of animals are More... | ||||
| B507 | WAIT WHILE | [FRIDAY BROWN IN MANCHESTER CITY CENTRE] | 1971 | |
| Tyldesley-born singer Friday Brown is shown singing 'Farewell Manchester', initially in 19th century costume in Manchester Cathedral then in modern dress in Manchester's business district More... | ||||
| B508 | WAIT WHILE | [FRIDAY BROWN AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT] | 1971 | |
| Tyldesley-born singer Friday Brown is shown singing 'Love's been good to me' at Manchester Airport More... | ||||
| B509 | WAIT WHILE | FRIDAY BROWN - 'WALKING WILLOW' | 1971 | |
| Tyldesley-born singer Friday Brown sings 'Walking Willow' in woodland and by a lake More... | ||||
| B510 | WAIT WHILE | GYLES BRANDRETH - DIALECTS | 1971 | |
| Gyles Brandreth visits Rochdale to find out about accents and dialects in 'the North'. Brandreth interviews accent and dialect specialist Stanley Ellis on Blackstone Edge and conducts voxpops with people in Rochdale town centre. He then visits an 'Edwin Waugh Society' meeting whose members are shown singing and speaking in More... | ||||
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