In this section you'll find interviews with key figures in the history of film and television, taken from archives of the BECTU History Project and The Guardian interviews, held at the National Film Theatre since 1980.
| LIONEL BANES | Cinematographer |
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| BECTU Interview Part 1 (1988) | Memories of working at Ealing on Next of Kin and Passport to Pimlico |
| BECTU Interview Part 2 (1988) | His memories of the Schufftan process, Dunning process and BP screens |
| BECTU Interview Part 3 (1988) | The start of his career at Gainsborough Studios |
| BECTU Interview Part 4 (1988) | Lensing for Alfred Hitchcock and film equipment at Gaumont Studios |
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| ALAN BENNETT | Writer, Actor, Presenter |
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| The Guardian Interview (1984) | On art, literature, culture and life |
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| NICK BROOMFIELD | Director, Producer, Writer |
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| The Guardian Interview (1997) | On Fetishes, influences, and the fallout from Juvenile Liaison and Soldier Girls |
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| SID COLE | Director, Producer, Editor |
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| BECTU Interview Part 1 (1987) | Memories of Ealing in the '30s and '40s |
| BECTU Interview Part 2 (1987) | An editor at Ealing; observations on directors and Michael Balcon |
| BECTU Interview Part 3 (1987) | Memories of The Adventures of Robin Hood, Lew Grade and Patrick McGoohan |
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| CHARLES CRICHTON | Director, Producer, Writer, Editor |
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| BECTU Interview Part 1 (1987) | His career at Ealing Studios as editor and director |
| BECTU Interview Part 2 (1987) | Memories from his career as a director at Ealing |
| BECTU Interview Part 3 (1987) | On the collaborative process and why Ealing stopped making films |
| BECTU Interview Part 4 (1987) | Making programmes and differences between shooting for TV or feature film |
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| TILLY DAY | Continuity |
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| The BECTU Interview (1988) | Memories of the begining of her career in the film industry |
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| ALBERT FINNEY | Actor |
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| The Guardian Interview (1982) | On Memorial Enterprises, Woodfall Films and acting for film |
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| STEPHEN FREARS | Director, Actor, Producer |
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| The Guardian Interview (2000) | On working with Cusack, Roberts, Hoffman and skilful crews |
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| RICHARD E. GRANT | Actor |
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| The Guardian Interview (1997) | On the scripts in his drawer and learning from the greats |
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| BIMBI HARRIS | Camera, Director, Producer |
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| BECTU Interview Part 1 (1989) | Memories of her time at BBC Alexandra Palace and Lime Grove |
| BECTU Interview Part 2 (1989) | Discusses her directorial work in commercial television at ITV |
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| SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS | Actor |
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| The Guardian Interview (1989) | On the techniques of film acting and his love of the medium |
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| BRYAN LANGLEY | Cinematographer |
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| BECTU Interview Part 1 (1987) | Film stock, frame size, Independent Frame and the Schufftan process |
| BECTU Interview Part 2 (1987) | On his early career in silent film at the studios of H.B. Parkinson |
| BECTU Interview Part 3 (1987) | Covering WWII beyond Europe for The War Office Film Unit |
| BECTU Interview Part 4 (1987) | A sighting of Mr Baird and working at BBC studios in the late '50s |
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| MIKE LEIGH | Director, Writer |
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| The Guardian Interview (1983) | On sadness, clichés, influences and pre-production |
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| DENNIS MAIN WILSON | Producer, Director |
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| BECTU Interview Part 1 (1991) | The making of a Sammy Davis Junior special for the BBC |
| BECTU Interview Part 2 (1991) | Memories from his successful career producing hit television comedy shows |
| BECTU Interview Part 3 (1991) | Early career in Light Entertainment and music programmes |
| BECTU Interview Part 4 (1991) | Observations on the production and screening of Till Death Us Do Part |
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| KAY MANDER | Director, Producer, Editor, Writer |
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| BECTU Interview Part 1 (1988) | How Basic Films was formed, a putsch at the company and some highlights |
| BECTU Interview Part 2 (1988) | The making of Highland Doctor and views on the documentary tradition |
| BECTU Interview Part 3 (1988) | Memories of working at Shell Film Unit from start of career to Penicillin |
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| DORIS MARTIN | Continuity |
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| BECTU Interview Part 1 (1988) | Memories of a career in the film business |
| BECTU Interview Part 2 (1988) | Continuity on The Prisoner, Black Beauty and Born Free |
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| CHRIS MENGES | Cinematographer, Director |
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| The Guardian Interview (1988) | On filming in Asia, the Amazon and on a blue screen |
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| JOHN MORTIMER | Writer |
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| The Guardian Interview (1994) | On Rumpole's success and broadcast campaigner Mary Whitehouse |
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| ALAN PARKER | Director, Producer, Writer |
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| The Guardian Interview (1991) | On movie stars, critics and executives |
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| ROY PARKINSON | Production Manager |
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| BECTU Interview Part 1 (1987) | Memories of his father making silent films to his career up to the 1940s |
| BECTU Interview Part 2 (1987) | The work of a production manager and how it has changed over time |
| BECTU Interview Part 3 (1987) | MGM-UK in the late 1940s where he was a second assistant director |
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| PETER PROUD | Art Director, Production Designer |
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| BECTU Interview Part 1 (1987) | Film memories from Hitchcock to the Second World War |
| BECTU Interview Part 2 (1987) | Memories of a career in television and his foray into commercials |
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| JOHN TAYLOR | Producer |
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| BECTU Interview Part 1 (1988) | How Conquest of Everest finally got made |
| BECTU Interview Part 2 (1988) | A newcomer's look at the 1930s documentary scene |
| BECTU Interview Part 3 (1988) | Highlights from his career at Realist Films and Crown Film Unit |
| BECTU Interview Part 4 (1988) | Evocative descriptions of making The Man from Aran from the field hand |
| BECTU Interview Part 5 (1988) | Making The Song of Ceylon and working with Basil Wright |
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| PETER USTINOV | Actor, Director, Presenter, Author |
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| The Guardian Interview (1990) | Entertains with anecdotes about the army, alcohol and Americans |
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