● 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.