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Work: CBBC - My Life
It was exciting on Friday to work as a PD (Producer/Director) Runner for Big Deal Films. The project was part of the CBBC strand My Life....
William Leitch
Jul 24, 20171 min read
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Work: The Biggest Little Railway in the World (Love Productions/Channel 4)
My photo of the view from Inverness Castle on Saturday 1st July. I've recently completed a few weeks work on Love Productions 'The...
William Leitch
Jul 12, 20171 min read
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"Dirty old river, must you keep rolling, flowing into the night..."
WATERLOO SUNSET THE KINKS PRODUCED AND WRITTEN BY RAY DAVIES PYE/MAY 1967 UK CHART: 2 Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys, when discussing...
William Leitch
May 7, 20176 min read
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"Look at you, you're a pageant..."
I GOT YOU SPLIT ENZ PRODUCED BY DAVID TICKLE/WRITTEN BY NEIL FINN A&M/AUGUST 1980 UK CHART: 12 The ugly spelling of Ends as Enz (Slade...
William Leitch
Apr 9, 20172 min read
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"People in motion, people in motion..."
SAN FRANCISCO (BE SURE TO WEAR FLOWERS IN YOUR HAIR) SCOTT McKENZIE PRODUCED BY LOU ADLER & JOHN PHILLIPS/WRITTEN BY JOHN PHILLIPS...
William Leitch
Apr 8, 20173 min read
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Glasgow Film Festival 2017
This year's Glasgow Film Festival had a host of great screenings. The films I caught were: Berlin Syndrome With it's title, a play on...
William Leitch
Apr 3, 20173 min read
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Mashed tea and black moods: Alan Sillitoe, the British New Wave and Harry Enfield
Having long been a fan of the kitchen sink dramas of the 1960's, I finally got around to reading two books by Alan Sillitoe, a...
William Leitch
Mar 11, 20177 min read
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"Nothing seems to be the same old way..."
WALK RIGHT BACK/EBONY EYES THE EVERLY BROTHERS PRODUCED BY WESLEY ROSE/WRITTEN BY SONNY CURTIS WARNER BROS./FEBRUARY 1961 UK CHART: 1...
William Leitch
Mar 1, 20171 min read
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"A whole street's belief in Sunday's roast beef..."
TOWN CALLED MALICE/PRECIOUS THE JAM PRODUCED BY PETER WILSON & THE JAM/WRITTEN BY PAUL WELLER POLYDOR/JANUARY 1982 UK CHART: 1 Is Town...
William Leitch
Feb 28, 20171 min read
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"All of these and seven wonders more..."
KITES SIMON DUPREE & THE BIG SOUND PRODUCED BY DAVID PARAMOR/WRITTEN BY HAL HACKADAY & LEE POCKRISS PARLOPHONE/OCTOBER 1967 UK CHART: 9...
William Leitch
Dec 3, 20162 min read
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"Let's not think about tomorrow": Brian Wilson and Pet Sounds
Having watched the BBC4 broadcast of the Classic Album's documentary on Pet Sounds, and gone back to the album for fresh listening,...
William Leitch
Aug 14, 20163 min read
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When Oliver Reed met Saddam Hussain...
'Saddam Goes to Hollywood' was shown on Channel 4 tonight, an interesting documentary about an odd moment in history. In 1980, Saddam...
William Leitch
Jul 24, 20162 min read
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