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brakedwell
BC. We were good friends during IOT at RAF Kirton Lindsey and at Ternhill. I was surprised when he left the RAF from Oakington and interested to hear about his future career in TV.
He joined the BBC in 1957 and became a studio manager. He worked on live episodes of Dixon of Dock Green and spent a while in the Plays Department, where he worked on many plays (some award-winning like the Play For Today called 'Edna The Inebriate Woman' in 1971). He directed a few episodes of Z-Cars, and some of the firsts season of All Creatures Great and Small. During his time on that show he told Peter Davison the following story:“There was this great story of a live episode of Dixon of Dock Green, which Chris Baker was involved in. In those days he was a floor manager and back then, before radio contact, they were attached by headphones to the side of the set. A policeman was meant to come in and go “Oh, Andy, you’re wanted down the station”. But he didn’t turn up. So this was live television! Chris decided to go in and do the line himself. So he went on to the set, forgetting thast he had his headphones attached by a cable, and got as far as, “Oh Andy – eeuuurrcchhh!” and he just disappeared, and people just looked on…”
He directed the soap 'The Brothers', as well as shows like 'The Gentle Touch', 'Emmerdale Farm', 'One by One', 'Boon', 'Squadron', 'Star Cops' and many others. in 1976 his face even appeared in Doctor Who as one of the title character's old iterations. He retired from TV in 1991.