Tony Bilbow
Born: 1932-04-17 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Known For: Writing
Biography
Anthony Bilbow (born 17 April 1932) is a British television interviewer, film expert and writer. He was a presenter of the BBC's Late Night Line-Up discussion programme which was broadcast on BBC2 between 1964 and 1972. Bilbow's 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. Bilbow narrated the English voiceover for the BBC three-part series of the cult East German film The Singing Ringing Tree.
Filmography
2008
- Means of Production as Himself
1985
- EastEnders ... (Writer)
1984
- Eddie Monsoon - a Life? as Himself
1982
- The Comic Strip Presents... as himself
1974
- Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report ... (Director)
1968
- Please Sir! ... (Writer)
1963
- Across the Street—Across the World as Narrator (voice)
- Look at Life: The Trade Winds Blow as Self - Commentator
- Moonstrike as Squadron Leader Huggins
1962
- Look at Life: Battle of the Bulge as Self - Commentator
1961
- Look at Life: And So to Bed as Self - Commentator
- Look at Life: Tulip Town as narrator
- Look at Life: Roses All the Way as Self - Commentator
- Look at Life: A Hundred Thousand Oarsmen as Self - Commentator
- Look at Life: Counting Heads as Self - Commentator
1960
- Look at Life: Shares in Tomorrow as Self - Commentator
- Look at Life: Women in Green as Self - Commentator
- Look at Life: Keeping Fit as Self - Commentator