Every Man in His Humour

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"A major influence on the BBC and independent television in Britain in the 1960s, as well as on CBC and the National Film Board in Canada, Sydney Newman acted as head of drama at a key period in the history of television. For the first time, his comprehensive memoirs--written in the years before his death in 1997--are being made public. Born to a poor Jewish family in the tenements of Queen Street in Toronto, Newman's artistic talent got him a job at the NFB under John Grierson. He then became one of the first producers at CBC TV before heading overseas to the U.K. where he revitalized drama programming. Harold Pinter and Alun Owen were playwrights whom Newman nurtured, and their contemporary, socially conscious plays were successful, both artistically and commercially. At the BBC, overseeing a staff of 400, he developed a science fiction show that flourishes to this day: Doctor Who. Providing further context to Newman's memoir is an in-depth biographical essay by Graeme Burk, which positions Newman's legacy in the history of television, and an afterword by one of Sydney's daughters, Deirdre Newman."-- Machine generated contents note: HEAD OF DRAMA / Sydney Newman -- ch. 1 His Unknown Queen Street -- ch. 2 His Dreaded Three R's -- ch. 3 His Sinful Saturdays -- ch. 4 My Father of the Doorstep -- ch. 5 Nudes, Made Easy -- ch. 6 Greetings, Comrade -- ch. 7 Love and Other Discoveries -- ch. 8 Hello, Hollywood! -- ch. 9 Home, At Last -- ch. 10 On Board the Film Board -- ch. 11 Love + Art = NFB -- ch. 12 TV -- Friend or Foe? -- ch. 13 Television, Here I Come! -- ch. 14 Among Jarvis Street Virgins -- ch. 15 Play's the Thing ...? -- ch. 16 Land of Hope and Glory -- ch. 17 ABC, The Avengers Until ...! -- ch. 18 That Was the BBC that Was -- ch. 19 In the Sprocket Hole -- ch. 20 His Life Laid Out ... Why? -- From the Saturday Serial, to the Wednesday Play, to the October Crisis, and Beyond / Graeme Burk -- ch. 1 November 23, 1962 -- ch. 2 Outsider at the BBC -- ch. 3 Saturday Serial -- ch. 4 "Mr. Who?" -- ch. 5 Point of Crisis -- ch. 6 "Agitational Contemporaneity" -- ch. 7 Return of the Prodigal -- ch. 8 "Le Boss Unilingue" -- ch. 9 One Piece of Advice in Ten Being Taken -- ch. 10 Yesterday's Man -- ch. 11 Marked by Letdowns -- ch. 12 "Who created Dr. Who?" -- ch. 13 Unfulfilled.