Behind the Scenes

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  • Premiered: Nov 1977
  • Episodes: 5
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  • Ended
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Season 1
1x1
We are not writing Hamlet
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 13, 1977
This programme examines the roles of producer Gerard Glaister, story editor John Brason, scriptwriter Willis Hall and technical adviser Group-Captain Bill Randle. As counterpoint to the .. show full overview
1x2
All those people were heroes
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 20, 1977
Enter leading actors Bernard Hepton, Jan Francis, and director Ken Ives... followed by a boy - 10-year-old child actor Max Harris. Major Donald Darling remembers the heroes - the 'helpers' who sheltered, passed on and often died for the RAF escapers.
1x3
I enjoy it when it's over
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 27, 1977
Director Ken Ives and cameraman Godfrey Johnson on location in Belgium. Meanwhile on the other side of the Channel, Austin Ruddy is at work designing a Brussels rooftop for a sequence to .. show full overview
1x4
A problem of authenticity
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 04, 1977
Ken Ives cuts film with film editor Sheila Tomlinson. Austin Ruddy selects props for the studio. Costume designer Andrew Mackenzie fits out Valentine Dyall in the style of a 1940s Belgian doctor.
1x5 Show finale
A boy? A ten-year-old boy?
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 11, 1977
We follow a scene through outside rehearsal to the studio recording. We see sets erected and lighting rigged. Alan Home lighting manager, explains some of his sophisticated equipment.

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