Writing
Tony Bilbow
Born
1932-04-17 (94)
Place of birth
Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Known for
Writing
Credits
19 titles
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 Ni…
Known for
4.2An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known.
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
7.4The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who do parodies of films, literature and sometimes major events.
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
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
1963
NRDocumentary about the life and career of actress Diana Dors, Britain's own "Blonde Bombshell".
Dors: The Other Diana
1990
NREddie 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?
1984
8.0An 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
1974
Film credits
1990s · 1 titles
1960s · 11 titles
NRThe 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
1963
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
1960
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
1962
An account of the ten-yearly census in the UK - the first record in colour of the entire operation.
Look at Life: Counting Heads
1961
How the north east of England is adjusting to industrial change.
Look at Life: The Trade Winds Blow
1963
A look at the annual tulip parade in Spalding, Lincolnshire.
Look at Life: Tulip Town
1961
A look into the sport of rowing.
Look at Life: A Hundred Thousand Oarsmen
1961
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
1961
A look at the Women's Voluntary Service, informally known as the women in green.
Look at Life: Women in Green
1960
A light-hearted look at the different ways people kept themselves fit in the early 1960s.
Look at Life: Keeping Fit
1960
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
1961
Series credits
4.2An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known.
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
7.4The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who do parodies of films, literature and sometimes major events.
The Comic Strip Presents...
1982
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
1963
Behind the camera
NRDocumentary about the life and career of actress Diana Dors, Britain's own "Blonde Bombshell".
Dors: The Other Diana
1990
8.0An 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
1974