Tony Bilbow
Writing
Biography
Anthony Bilbow (born 17 April 1932) is a British television interviewer, film expert and writer. He was a presenter of the BBC's Late Night Line-Up discussion programme which was broadcast on BBC2 between 1964 and 1972. Bilbow's father was an architect. He was educated at the City of London School, Blackfriars, and began writing short stories for the BBC; he was then the anchorman for Day By Day on Southern Television. He was a screenwriter for the 1970s situation comedy Please Sir! and the spin-off series The Fenn Street Gang and in 1986 was a writer for the BBC soap opera EastEnders. From 1970 to 1973, he presented the film programme Film Night, on which his interviewees included David Niven and Alfred Hitchcock. Bilbow narrated the English voiceover for the BBC three-part series of the cult East German film The Singing Ringing Tree.
Known For
The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.
EastEnders
The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who do parodies of films, literature and sometimes major events.
The Comic Strip Presents...
A hapless but caring teacher tries to control his class of unruly kids. The teacher sees much good and potential in his pupils, much to the dismay of his fellow teachers who have lost hope in these kids.
Please Sir!
An anthology of self-contained stories about acts of resistance in occupied Europe during the Second World War. Producer Gerard Glaister drew upon his own wartime experiences, having served as a pilot in the RAF.
Moonstrike
An documentarian from the BBC visits the set of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). This documentary shouldn't be viewed as a making of the film, but rather a goof-off session that is simply there to conjure up laughter.
Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report
Eddie Monsoon is a South African entertainer who, following the failure of several pilot shows for TV in his homeland, faked his suicide, went to Brazil and then to England where he attracted notoriety with his explicit sex farces on the stage and shocking TV shows which even Channel 4 banned.
Eddie Monsoon - a Life?
Documentary about the life and career of actress Diana Dors, Britain's own "Blonde Bombshell".
Dors: The Other Diana
A focus on sleep and the best methods to get it. Also with a look at beds, mattresses and how they have changed over time.
Look at Life: And So to Bed
The work of the British Red Cross at home and at its overseas branches in Hong Kong, Kenya and Uganda.
Across the Street—Across the World
A Norwegian Odyssey interspersed with adventures from around the globe. Follow Max and his friends as they tackle the gnar from the glaciers of Norway to the jungles of Madagascar. Jam packed full of action and humour; narrated by television's own Tony Bilbow.
Means of Production
An account of the ten-yearly census in the UK - the first record in colour of the entire operation.
Look at Life: Counting Heads
How the north east of England is adjusting to industrial change.
Look at Life: The Trade Winds Blow
A look at the annual tulip parade in Spalding, Lincolnshire.
Look at Life: Tulip Town
A light-hearted look at the different ways people kept themselves fit in the early 1960s.
Look at Life: Keeping Fit
A focus on all the things you can do, if you are really determined, to take off those extra ounces and keep them at bay. Unveiling that there is more to the slimming business than meets the eye.
Look at Life: Battle of the Bulge
A look at the rose, which has been England's national emblem for more than 400 years and an increasingly popular flower within millions of gardens. We also get to see the industrial manufacture of Rosehip syrup.
Look at Life: Roses All the Way
A look at the Women's Voluntary Service, informally known as the women in green.
Look at Life: Women in Green
A look into the world of stock exchanges and how a deal is accomplished between a broker and a jobber.
Look at Life: Shares in Tomorrow
A look into the sport of rowing.