The Wednesday Play
“Calf Love”
Dave Mundy, David Brunt
Here is a copy of a prop. photo of actresses Debbie Watling and Isobel Black in “The Wednesday Play” episode “Calf Love”. Warren Mitchell played the father of these lovelies. One sequence to keep any red-blooded male warm on a cold winter night was the scene with both of them in bed together giggling like a pair of naughty school-girls!
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The Insect Play
Clive Doig
I worked on the Capek’s “The Insect Play” in R1 and R2 in 1960, steering the mole – single recording – with a flying wire ballet of butterflies in R2 – Kirby operators struggling to keep the performing acrobats up! (unfortunately a couple fell down!).
Mike Jordan
As opposed to “The Insect Play” which we did at school with Douglas Adams (he of “Hitchhikers Guide”) as the tramp!
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Cast list:
Wolf Hall (2015)
Spencer Chapman
Production Designer BBC Television 1963 – 1978
Excellent feel to the production – performances on the whole very good, really good lighting- a true feeling of candlelight.
As a Production Designer working on many of the BBC’s period drama and serials, I know how difficult it is to achieve not only the correct locations but also to furnish them – often little is the best.
During the first episode I saw furniture and props I had used over many years, the chairs I had recovered for Queen Anne’s privy council and a few pieces from the original “Forsyte Saga”. For most of the viewers this will not be a problem – but as in the case of airplanes – buses – cars – when you have spent much of your working professional life trying to achieve production values that are as correct as possible it cuts across your viewing pleasure.
Hugh Sheppard
Spencer’s comments thoroughly endorsed, from one who in the 1940s – yes, the 1940s – went to Sunday School at the Hospital at St Cross, Winchester, and immediately recognised the stable-door where the ‘Wayfarer’s dole’ is still served to this day – but no longer free.
