Driving down Abbey Road one sunny morning last June we came up to the famous zebra crossing outside of the Abbey Road recording studios. As ever there were crowds of tourists crossing back and forth so that they could have their pictures taken on the…
In July 1998 my wife Bernice and I realised a long held ambition to attend the opera festival in Verona. The beautiful city of Romeo and Juliet contains an abundance of Roman architecture, amongst which is the magnificent 22,000 seat amphitheatre known as the Arena…
It all started when my Dad took me to the annual National Radio and Television Exhibition, known as ‘The Radio Show’. It was in the early fifties and I think I was 10 or 11 at the time. The BBC stand included TV cameras with…
On learning that I was to be responsible for lighting ‘ 2000 Today ‘, the BBC’s welcome to the new millennium my first thought was to surround myself with a team that would help me survive this project. The show was after all 28 hrs long…