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Yesterday's Witness: Talkies Come to Britain

on BBC Two England

At the end of 1928, the first 'talkies' arrived from Hollywood. They caused a sensation.
The scramble to make Britain's first talkies is described by some of the producers, directors, technicians, and stars of the time:
Alfred Hitchcock, Herbert Wilcox, Sir Michael Balcon, Ronald Neame, Alec Murray, Albert Ross, Harry Miller, John Longden, Mabel Poulton, Margot Grahame, Chili Bouchier and John Stuart
With excerpts from Kitty, Atlantic, Rookery Nook and Blackmail.

Contributors

Interviewee:
Alfred Hitchcock
Interviewee:
Herbert Wilcox
Interviewee:
Sir Michael Balcon
Interviewee:
Ronald Neame
Interviewee:
Alec Murray
Interviewee:
Albert Ross
Interviewee:
Harry Miller
Interviewee:
John Longden
Interviewee:
Mabel Poulton
Interviewee:
Margot Grahame
Interviewee:
Chili Bouchier
Interviewee:
John Stuart
Director:
Jane Oliver
Director:
Stephen Peet

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