Just Juvenilia: Roger Michell
Roger Michell, director of films including Notting Hill, Changing Lanes and Hyde Park on Hudson, describes working for the BBC in the 1980s on his first TV drama, Downtown Lagos.
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5. Roger Michell, director of such films as Notting Hill and Hyde Park on Hudson, describes working for the BBC in the 1980's. He was fresh out of theatre, and making his first drama was a huge challenge - aesthetically and technically..
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