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William Leitch
Jul 24, 20171 min read
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....
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William Leitch
Jul 12, 20171 min read
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...
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William Leitch
May 7, 20176 min read
"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...
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William Leitch
Apr 9, 20172 min read
"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...
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William Leitch
Apr 8, 20173 min read
"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...
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William Leitch
Apr 3, 20173 min read
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...
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William Leitch
Mar 11, 20177 min read
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...
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William Leitch
Mar 1, 20171 min read
"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...
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William Leitch
Feb 28, 20171 min read
"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...
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William Leitch
Dec 3, 20162 min read
"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...
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William Leitch
Aug 14, 20163 min read
"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,...
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William Leitch
Jul 24, 20162 min read
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...
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