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Barry Norman was the son of Leslie Norman, a British film and television director, producer and writer, and his wife Elizabeth. He was educated at a state primary school and at Highgate School, then an all-boys independent school in North London. He did not go to university, but instead began his career in journalism at the Kensington News, later spending a period in South Africa where he developed a hostility to the situation created there by the emergence of apartheid.
By the 1960s, Norman was a prominent journalist, and show business editor of the Daily Mail until 1971, when he was made redundant. Subsequently, he wrote a column each Wednesday for The Guardian, also contributing leader columns to the newspaper.
He presented BBC1's Film programme from 1972, becoming the sole presenter the following year. Norman's involvement was broken in 1982 by a brief spell presenting Omnibus. After having returned to the Film series in 1983, Norman became increasingly irritated by the BBC's reluctance to screen the programme at a regular time, and in 1998 he finally accepted an offer to work for BSkyB, where he remained for three years. Jonathan Ross took his place as the BBC programme's presenter.- Actor
- Music Department
Mike O'Neill was born in 1938 in Lowton, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Play for Today (1970), European Nights (1959) and The Old Grey Whistle Test (1971). He was married to Rachel Bell. He died on 10 October 2013 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, UK.- David Nunn was born in 1962. He was an actor, known for A Place to Hide (1976), The Pickwick Papers (1985) and Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988). He died on 26 April 2012 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
- B.R.S. Megaw was born on 22 June 1913 in Belfast, Ireland [now Northern Ireland], UK. He died on 22 August 2002 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Mark Straker was a producer and writer, known for The 4 Corners of Truth! (2013), One of Us? (2007) and Rg1 (2012). He died on 17 October 2013 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, UK.- Leila Forde was born on 12 February 1895 in Bangor, Wales, UK. She was an actress, known for Festival (1963), Harpers West One (1961) and Love Story (1963). She died on 8 July 1975 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
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Isobel Varley was born in 1937 in Yorkshire, England, UK. She is known for Tattooed (2008) and World's Greatest Body Shockers (2012). She was married to Malcolm (Malc) H. Varley. She died on 11 May 2015 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England, UK.