1) 'MacTaggart Lecture' - Edinburgh 2001
DAVID LIDDIMENT: "Bastard
Offspring are another result of giving people more of what
they want..Neighbours from Hell begat Neighbours
at War, Cold Feet begat Hearts and Bones, In the Wild begat Born
to be Wild, Stars in their Eyes brought forth Star for a Night,
and It'll Be Alright on the Night became Auntie's Bloomers on
the other side...No one knows quite what begat Celebrity Sleepover,
and - hands up here - Airline might owe just a little something
to Airport - And there may even be one or two others.."
(my emphases, GN--- Extract Ends...)
2) MY OWN Edinburgh TV Festival Lecture
: Title 'TV Nickers'
:(cinema audience of three hundred TV Professionals - plus forty-five
eager TV students)
ROGER BOLTON (of BBC's 'Feedback' fame): -- WELL YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM HERE HAVEN'T YOU, BECAUSE YOU'RE DEALING WITH - OR YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE DEALING - WITH GRUNDY ---
GARRY NASH: YES---
ROGER BOLTON: ---BUT THE BBC HAS PUT ON ITS PROGRAMME SO--- WHAT'S YOUR LEGAL POSITION---HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT ? - WHO DO YOU GO TO AND SAY, " HOLD ON - I'VE GOT RIGHTS IN THIS PROGRAMME - I SHOULD BE RECEIVING ROYALTIES - YOU FIRST OF ALL PRESUMABLY GO TO GRUNDY - AND YOU TRY TO GET AN ANSWER FROM THEM -- YOU DON'T GET AN ANSWER FROM THEM - YOU GO TO PEARSON'S WHO OWN GRUNDY --- TRY AND GET HOLD OF GREG DYKE - DID YOU ?
GARRY NASH: YES ---
ROGER BOLTON: YOU DID ? DID HE REPLY TO YOU ?
GARRY NASH: ER - NOPE-- (LAUGHTER)
ROGER BOLTON: -- SO - NEXT MOVE WHAT ? THE BBC ?
GARRY NASH: WELL, I'D BEEN ON TO THE BBC QUITE A LOT -- I'D WRITTEN FAXES AND I'D QUESTIONED IT -- BUT I'D NEVER GOT ANY --- IT WAS ALWAYS DENIAL DENIAL DENIAL -- AND IT APPEARED THAT THERE WAS NOBODY PREPARED TO PUT UP ANY KIND OF ARGUMENT FROM GRUNDY !
ROGER BOLTON: YOU CAN'T GET ANY ANSWER FROM GRUNDY - THE BBC ARGUES IT'S ITS OWN IDEA ?
GARRY NASH: YES--
ROGER BOLTON: -- AND YOU'RE GETTING NOWHERE WITH THE PROGRAMME MAKERS --
GARRY NASH: WELL - THE PROGRAMME MAKERS WERE THE ENTERTAINMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE BBC - IT WAS HEADED UP AT THAT TIME BY A PERSON WHO MY CONTACT AT GRUNDY - WHO WAS DENYING EVERYTHING - CALLED 'LIDDY' -- THAT'S DAVID LIDDIMENT WHO WAS HEAD OF ENTERTAINMENT AT THAT TIME AT THE BBC ---
ROGER BOLTON: SO - ERM - WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO --- YOU CAN'T DEAL WITH GRUNDY OR THEY WON'T ANSWER - THE BBC PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT WON'T ANSWER ---
DOES ANYBODY KNOW AT THIS POINT THAT YOU'VE GOT A DETAILED SCRIPT OF YOUR OWN - WRITTEN THREE YEARS BEFORE ? ---
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