● Assheton Gorton ■ Jeremy Hardwick The Sedbergh Media 1947-1949: Production Designer / Print Maker 1951-1956: Actor Gorton studied architecture at Cambridge and fine art at the Slade. After designing about 50 TV and Performing Arts Timeline ■ Horace Bedwell ▲ Charles Bardsley ▲ Herbert Trotter ■ Donald Mather ■ John Counsell ▲ Ian Maclean ■ Colin Blakely plays he turned to art directing films. He went on to design many other productions including 1878-1882: Actor 1890-1891: Musician 1894-1895: Musician 1913-1918: Musician / vocalist / actor 1918-1923: Actor 1941-1944: Musician / performer 1944-1948: Actor The French Lieutenant’s Woman and the Disney Dalmatian movie. He has his own workshops where From the very first recorded OS to take up a career on the stage, he develops ideas for books and other works using an etching press and computer. EJR Laurence (E 1862-63), through the decades and into the 21st century, OSs have consistently chosen to pursue successful ■ careers across all aspects of the performing arts. The list below ■ Reginald Lawrence ▲ Arthur Ferguson ■ David Holmes ▲ William Wanklyn ■ John Dow Geoffrey Rotheray ▲ John Clifford ■ John Arden 1919-1922: Playwright / Author 1941-1946: Musician / performer provides an anecdotal snapshot of many of these, some of whom 1862-1863: Actor 1880-1884: Musician 1893-1894: Actor 1904-1907: Musician 1930-1934: Actor ▲ 1944 -1949: Playwright From the 1920’s until the 1970’s Rotheray Clifford’s love of music began at a young age, George Gwilt Arden first gained critical attention for the radio play, The Life of Man in have reached national and international fame. Sedbergh is worked in his own engineering business and had involving singing and playing the piano and 1941-1945: Musician / 1956. Sergeant Musgrave’s Dance, which deals with the protestors of war ● Sir Christopher Bland a parallel career as a writer under the pen name clarinet. In 1948 he joined the Halle Choir as a performer determined that this tradition should continue. and its realities, is considered his best work. He is reputed to be one of 1951-1956: of Dennis Rooke, writing Wild Goose’s Journey in 2nd Tenor and participated in performances the great playwrights of the post Look Back in Anger era and his radio play Businessman & Politician with an involvement in media the 1930’s as well as seven comic volumes. He including one of Verdi’s Requiem at the Festival ● Pearl was considered one of the best for that medium in a Andrew Leitch also wrote articles for Punch magazine and other Hall, London under Sir John Barbirolli. Clifford’s Bland was both Deputy Chairman of the Independent ■ Acting/theatre career 1972-1976: Guardian survey. He has written a number of novels ● A (Jim) Muir TV editor / producer / periodicals. He authored one West End play musical talents were of great benefit during his Broadcasting Authority from 1972-1979 and including Silence Among the Weapons which was shortlisted 1961-1966: BBC foreign correspondent director Daddy Wore Velvet Gloves with collaboration from National Service after which he joined the Chairman of its Complaints Review Board. In 1982 for the Man Booker Prize and is a member of the Royal Muir studied Arabic and after five years in ▲ Arnold Ridley who later played the favourite Hoylake Symphony Orchestra. He became a he was appointed non-executive director of LWT plc Musician/vocalist career Society of Literature. book publishing drove to Beirut in 1974 to Dad’s Army and became Chairman in 1983 turning it into one of ● Mark Smith Mr Godfrey in . founder member of the Wirral Symphony cover the upheavals of a turbulent region. Orchestra and retired in 2011 after 25 years as ITV’s most profitable companies. As Chairman of the ● 1974-1979 TV Cameraman Lebanon itself exploded in 1975 and from Media/production career co-principal clarinet. ▲ Richard Suart BBC Board of Governors from 1996 Sir Christopher As a cameraman and film maker for over then until 1990 Muir covered the conflict led the negotiations which secured the funding of the ● Don Seed 1965-1969: Vocalist 15 years, Smith has worked across all – probably the only western BBC through the licence fee and oversaw the creation 1966-1971: Illustrator / Designer Pre 1940’s 1970’s ● Harry Jarman genres and shot news, documentary and Suart began his career with the English Music correspondent to cover the affair from of BBC Online. After joining BT in 2001 he 1979-1983: Graphic designer / artist drama. He did some of the longest Seed has a business specialising in creating Theatre Company and Opera Factory. He has start to finish. After Lebanon went quiet transformed the organisation by increasing revenues concept visuals, story boards and illustration for 1940’s 1980’s Jarman gained a position at the Moving shoots in the making of Frozen Planet, worked for all the major British opera houses and the Gulf war erupted and Muir monitored from their new wave services such as broadband. ■ Simon Slater clients including ITN News, Heineken and BP. Picture Company in London working in spending several months filming polar ● Clive Kerfoot been a member of the D’Oyly Carte since 1988. Baghdad radio to provide news and Sir Christopher has an interest in health issues and 1972-1977: Actor / composer / performer He has worked on many award winning He has enjoyed a long association with Diva film and TV visual effects. He became bears in Svalbard. 1969-1974: News editor analysis on Iraq. He joined the Kurds in was knighted for his work in the NHS in 1993. 1950’s 1990’s Slater plays the piano, double bass, saxophone, ▲ projects including The Riverside Code senior visual effects artist at MPC and a Richard Hobson Opera, made a number of recordings for both northern Iraq and stayed with the clarinet, guitar and the piano accordion. He is an 1967-1971: Musician / teacher / for the Port of London Authority. supervisor on commercial film shoots. national and European TV channels and appeared guerrillas as they held Saddam’s army at 1960’s 2000’s award winning composer and has written Through collaboration with Creative Some of his work won awards at the ● Thomas Alban ● Simon Mallinson performer at the BBC Proms and other Gala Concerts bay – continuing to send despatches. As original scores for over 150 productions in all Director, Richard Morrison, British Television Advertising Awards. 1976-1982: Radio producer 1974-1978: TV commercials internationally. His involvement with the work of peace took hold in the Middle East, Muir mediums. Clients have included the Royal Seed has worked on films Jarman then formed Golden Square Post producer Gilbert and Sullivan led him to create an went to Sarajevo to report on the conflict Shakespeare Company, BBC Radio 4, Channel 5 including Valiant, Oscar Production providing services including entertainment, As a Matter of Patter, performed in Bosnia. Since 1996 Muir has been the and West End Theatre productions. Slater is a winner The Constant online editing, commercials, TV visual across the world. He is a Vice President of the BBC’s Middle East correspondent, based member of the British Academy of Composers Gardener and TV’s A Very effects and computer animation. Gilbert and Sullivan Society and was elected a in Cairo. and Songwriters. Social Secretary. Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in 2004. ▲ Roger Vignoles 1958-1962: Musician / performer / accompanist ■ ● ■ James Wilby ● Mark Herman ● Peter MacPherson ● Brian Rotheray ● R (Joe) Paley Paul Clay ● Nick Seymour Winston Tulip Vignoles joined the Royal Opera House as a repetiteur 1971-1976: Actor 1968-1973: Screenwriter 1966-1971: TV Producer 1964-1969: Senior editor BBC 1961-1965: BBC radio reporter 1979-1984: Theatrical Management 1978-1984: TV editor 1973-1978: TV / radio producer / completing his training with Viennese-born teacher After graduating in Theatre and Sociology Clay worked presenter / reporter Wilby attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and After a job with Channel 4 Herman worked a number Macpherson moved into TV in the 1980’s after completing world service Paul Hamburger. He has collaborated with many Photo: Steffan Hill Photo: Steffan in a number of senior production management roles. He ● first appeared on screen in a production of Privileged of productions as screenwriter including Blame it on a film course in New York and has experienced a wide After an academic career in ■ Paul Crone leading singers such as Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Marcus Davey became Executive Director of The Royal Exchange 1975-1980: TV presenter alongside Hugh Grant. He is a well known actor in the UK the Bellboy starring Dudley Moore, Patsy Kensit and range of work as director, producer and cameraman foreign languages/ literary performed at major venues across the world. He is 1981-1985 Theatre Manchester after which he devised and and internationally for his role in Maurice for which he Richard Griffiths and Brassed Off. Little Voice followed working around the world on stories about the environment tradition Rotheray joined the Crone began his career as a junior reporter with the frequently invited to devise and direct programmes delivered a leadership and management development received Venice Film Festival’s Best Actor award with co-star featuring Michael Caine and Jane Horricks, both of as well as action and adventure films. He has worked on BBC serving for over 25 years Theatre Management Lancashire Evening Post in Preston. He then moved and festivals and has created several series at the programme for one of the largest cultural organisations Hugh Grant. He has starred in film productions such as whom won awards for their appearances. Other broadcast documentaries ranging from Lonely Planet to at BBC Monitoring, gathering foreign news. He then Davey was appointed Director to Granada Television and also became involved in Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. He was artistic in South East Asia. Howards End and Gosford Park and stage productions productions include Purely Belter, Hope Springs starring Panorama and shot aerial, underwater and mountain scenes developed foreign news services for the BBC’s World and of Arts for Dartington Hall radio broadcasting. He is one of the best known director of the Nagaoka Winter Festival in Japan and including A Patriot for Me by the Royal Shakespeare Colin Firth and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. He has for feature films and commercials. UK Services. He has been involved in numerous research Trust and Director of concerts personalities of broadcasting in the North West has fulfilled that role at other events worldwide. His Company. won many awards and nominations – for Brassed Off projects, publications and broadcasts about social and programming for Exeter ■ Dugald Bruce-Lockhart directing and presenting documentaries, running TV extensive discography includes some of Britten’s works in particular which was nominated for a Bafta ‘Best media history including News from a Far Country. University. In 1995 he became 1981-1986: Actor charity appeals and presenting news programmes. ● Hamish Beeston ▲ on Harmonia Mundi which received the prestigious Original Screenplay’. Damian Howard Artistic Director and Chief 1983-1988: TV researcher 1988-1993: Musican / performer Diapason d’Or and Prix Caecilia awards. Vignoles is Bruce-Lockhart trained at the Royal Academy of ■ Executive of the Norfolk and Dramatic Art then toured with the Royal Shakespeare Beeston spent 13 years in TV as Howard studied organ, harpsichord and piano whilst being Adam Rickitt recognised internationally as an outstanding teacher Norwich Festival commissioning Company before working with Propeller, an all-male a producer/director making ■ Mark Umbers Organ scholar of Blackburn Cathedral. He became Organ 1991-1996: Actor / musician and has given master classes across the world. He is works in music, dance and the theatre company as well as the RSC and the National BBC1 shows such as Vets in 1986-1991: Actor scholar of Lincoln Cathedral and then studied at the Rickitt is most famous for his role on popular Prince Consort Professor of Accompaniment at the visual arts. He was appointed Theatre. He has appeared in many TV programmes Practice and Life of Grime as well Umbers first appeared inThe Pirates of Penzance at the Conservatoire Nationale Superior de Musique in Paris TV soap opera Coronation Street. After leaving Royal College of Music in London and has been Chief Executive of The and films includingFoyles War and Hotel Babylon. as history and wildlife West Yorkshire Playhouse and then in productions at specialising in the French Romantic and Modern periods. Coronation Street he started a music career with awarded an Honorary Fellowship of Magdalene Roundhouse Trust where he documentaries. Filming the Royal National Theatre. Various TV roles followed He has since become acknowledged as a leading authority Polydor. His first single reached No 5 in the College, Cambridge. managed the £30m ▲ Justin Doyle Superhomes he was struck by how ● Jamie Simpson including a lead in The Scarlet Pimpernel opposite on composer-organist Jean UK. He returned to acting and joined the cast ■ Simon Beard re-development of the ■ Jonny Wrather 1988-1993: Choirmaster / vocalist well video portrayed a property 1983-1988: TV producer / director Richard E Grant. After appearing in Noel Coward’s Langlais. Howard is of the Shortland Street in 2007. Rickitt then 2005-2007: Actor Roundhouse for which he was 1982-1987: Actor Doyle was a chorister at Westminster compared to the traditional Initially a researcher on documentaries Simpson The Vortex he won his first leading film role in A Good Titular-Organist and moved in to the theatre, Beard was first introduced to British television screens in 2007 on MTV awarded an OBE in 2012. After joining the National Youth Cathedral and was awarded the first printed brochure. He used this as then produced and directed series including Meet the Woman starring Scarlett Johansson and later Director of Music at starring in the UK UK’s reality series Living on the Edge. The show documented the lives of Theatre of Great Britain and Conductor Fellowship with the BBC Singers. a basis for his own business. The Ancestors for BBC2. He was awarded a BAFTA and played the lead role in Channel 4’s drama Lancaster Cathedral. National tour of the several teenagers in Alderley Edge in Cheshire. Beard was the only studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art He has performed in concerts worldwide company now produces big budget EMMY for the Channel 4 series Faking It. He Princes in the Tower. He was long-listed for musical Rent which original cast member returning for the second series in 2008 which ● Stan Ferguson Wrather worked extensively in TV and the theatre. His and in broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 and is property films using equipment supervised the multi-award winning series Who Do the Evening Standard Best Actor Award then moved to the showed Beard auditioning and winning the part as Archie Carpenter on West End for a 1981-1986: Radio producer TV work includes Coronation Street (where he played Joe Musical Director of the King’s Camerata normally associated with You Think You Are? More recent projects include the for his role in The Glass Menagerie in the Channel 4’s Hollyoaks. He played this role from 2008 for a year until he Carter) and other dramas. He has also worked on radio and Da Chiesa baroque ensemble. broadcast TV. School of Saatchi and Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day. West End. record-breaking run. decided to resume his studies. plays and voiced documentaries for TV.

■ John Mitchell ▲ Alexander Ffinch ■ Jean Garnett (Blanc) ● Simon Beaufoy ● Richard Barker ▲ D’Arcy Bleiker ● Carl Partridge (Carter) ▲ Matthew Watts ▲ James McLeod (John Kindersely) 1983-1990: Organist 1983-1987: Actor 1983-1986: Screenwriter 1984-1989: Production / 1986-1991: Vocalist 1991-1996: Radio producer / presenter 1992-1997: Musician / performer 2005-2009: Musician 1982-1985: Actor Ffinch became organ scholar of Keble College, Beaufoy’s first full-length feature The Full Monty was nominated distribution Bleiker studied at the Royal After writing and performing for BBC Radio 4 and Watts studied conducting and singing and won In 2004 McLeod was principal euphonium with the Oxford and performs regularly across the for the Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Northern College of Music where he won the Capital FM Carter moved into TV writing. He now the Ricordi Conducting Prize. He attended the Inaugural National Children’s Brass Band of Great Britain world. He is also a choral conductor and was Film; the Golden Globe Best Picture award and for 11 BAFTA’s. Alexander Young Competition. Whilst a member of works full-time in London as a TV comedy writer, Advanced Conducting Course at Dartington and was then invited to play in the National Youth Brass appointed Director of Music of St Catharine’s It won The Evening Standard Best Film award and was voted Glyndebourne Festival Chorus in 1999 his potential was mainly for the BBC on shows such as Dead Ringers, The International Summer School and then studied Band of Great Britain. He was offered a place at the Royal College, Cambridge. He became Organist at the Best English Film Ever by Empire Online readers. Beaufoy’s recognised and he was awarded the prestigious John Armstrong and Miller Show, children’s shows and orchestral conducting with Denise Ham from Welsh College of Music and Drama and the opportunity to Cheltenham College where he teaches, plays other high profile success Slumdog Millionaire scooped 8 OSCAR Christie Award. A varied and full career has ensued in sitcoms. His partnership earned a nomination for a the Royal Academy of Music. He studied play with the National Wind Orchestra of Great Britain. In the organ and directs the Chamber Choir. wins at the Annual Academy Awards including Best Adapted the UK, Europe and the US where he made his debut Sony Radio Award and was shortlisted for the BAFTA singing with Lyndon Van Der Pump and was a 2010 he joined the Cory Band and in 2011 was one of the He records CDs with this and other choirs. Screenplay, Best Director and Best Film. as Alvero in Florencia in the Amazons for Seattle Opera. Breakthrough Talent Award. Choral Scholar at St Martin-in-the-Fields. finalists in the BBC Young Brass Soloist competition.

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