Personal information

About Me

My involvement with Swindon Viewpoint began in 1980 when I moved back to Britain from Canada; I had heard of Viewpoint there and that it is the most progressive model for local television yet devised. It was one of the reasons I was attracted to Swindon. When I arrived I found Viewpoint was experiencing financial problems and threatened with closure. We needed to find a way to keep it alive. I conceived of a model for a public media centre and lobbied the Council for support, then set up Media Arts as a partnership with Swindon Viewpoint. Through Media Arts we successfully managed Viewpoint programming during the eighties. When circumstances forced us to stop programming in the early nineties I concentrated on taking care of the tape archive and kept looking for a way to revitalise the service and make it available again. In recent years I have worked with my son Alan (an IT specialist) to construct this website for the town and now spend quite a bit of time digitising the archive as well as producing new Viewpoint material.

Skills & Interests

Film and Video Director, Cameraman, Editor, Scriptwriter, Producer

History

Member for

4 years 6 weeks