From Tv's Cathy Come Home to When Drummond Didn't Go to War ; the Pensioner

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ON Tuesday, I attended an inaugural lecture organised by the University of Glamorgan, addressed by Professor Stephen Lacey.

It was about BBC television drama of the 1960s and 70s. There were black and white clips of powerful scenes from mould-breaking plays like Cathy Come Home, and references to people I'd known years ago. I found it very enlightening. I used to post my scripts from Mountain Ash, only rarely visiting Television Centre for a first read-through or a recording.

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From Tv's Cathy Come Home to When Drummond Didn't Go to War ; the Pensioner

I learned, for the first time, intriguing facts about what went on between the boys in the backroom who controlled wh...

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