Ronald Neame

[Nick Dando]

This afternoon the Film Programme on BBC Radio 4 is featuring an interview with Ronald Neame.

16:30 - 17:00 BST

Francine Stock goes to Beverly Hills to interview 95 year old Ronald Neame, the last surviving founding member of BAFTA, who worked on the first British talking movie before making the classic films Brief Encounter, Great Expectations, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Poseidon Adventure.

Nick

[theuofc]

(Nick Dando @ Jun 2 2006, 08:50 AM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'> This afternoon the Film Programme on BBC Radio 4 is featuring an interview with Ronald Neame. 16:30 - 17:00 BST Francine Stock goes to Beverly Hills to interview 95 year old Ronald Neame, the last surviving founding member of BAFTA, who worked on the first British talking movie before making the classic films Brief Encounter, Great Expectations, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Poseidon Adventure. Nick [/b]

Hello, Nick,

Thanks for letting us know. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup.gif[/img] My goodness, I'm glad to see the BBC interviewing directors like Neame who have wonderful information to share about the craft of making films, their own films, and the actors/crew who worked with them. I always regret the directors who were not interviewed for the sake of film history.

Barbara