Tony Bilbow

Tony Bilbow (born 17 April 1932) is a British television interviewer, film expert and writer.[1] He was a presenter of BBC Television's Late Night Line-Up discussion programme which was broadcast on BBC 2 between 1964 and 1972.

Tony Bilbow
BornAnthony Bilbow
(1932-04-17) 17 April 1932
Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
OccupationTelevision presenter and screenwriter
NationalityBritish
GenreTelevision

His 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.

Bibliography

  • Bilbow, Tony (1995). Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema. London: Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-87595-3.
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References

  1. Who's Who on Television Independent Television Publications Ltd (1970)
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