Harriet At Play - 70s Butlins Documentary

The recent death of an old mate prompted me to upload this. Terry Maisey was a great film editor and colleague at HTV in Bristol in the 70s and 80s. This half hour doc, shot on 16mm, was part of a series directed by Tony Palmer and is a brilliant piece of film-making. The last few minutes is one of the most poignant and creative sequences of television ever created, the power of which had a huge influence on my career in TV. The programme caused a real stir in the press when it was first transmitted and is something which I’m sure Butlins would rather forget. I know Terry was really proud of this little programme and hopefully it’ll carry his memory far into the future.