Sausage On A Fork with Nigel Douglas

About this episode

Neil Mattocks interviews Nigel Douglas about his experiences directing Grange Hill and the challenges of storytelling in television.

In the latest episode of Sausage On A Fork, we're joined by Nigel Douglas, a Director in four series of Grange Hill in the 1990s. Nigel tells us what it was like directing some of the biggest names in television during his first directing job; exactly how much research went into the more hard-hitting storylines of Grange Hill and why working on a game reserve in South Africa wasn't as amazing as it sounds!

People in this episode

Host: Neil Mattocks

Guest: Nigel Douglas

Topics covered

• directing
• television
• Grange Hill
• storytelling
• South Africa

Keywords

• Grange Hill
• Nigel Douglas
• directing
• television history
• storylines
• South Africa
• 90s TV

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Grange Hill

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