4.3
TV
Writing
Tony Bilbow
- Born
- (age 94)
- Birthplace
- Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 20 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
Acting credits 17
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Means of Production Film | Himself |
| 1990 | Dors: The Other Diana Film | |
| 1984 | Eddie Monsoon - a Life? Film | Himself |
| 1982 | The Comic Strip Presents... TV | himself (1 ep) |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre TV | A Guest (1 ep) |
| 1963 | Moonstrike TV | Squadron Leader Huggins (1 ep) |
| 1963 | Look at Life: The Trade Winds Blow Film | Self - Commentator |
| 1963 | Across the Street—Across the World Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 1962 | Look at Life: Battle of the Bulge Film | Self - Commentator |
| 1961 | Look at Life: Tulip Town Film | narrator |
| 1961 | Look at Life: Counting Heads Film | Self - Commentator |
| 1961 | Look at Life: And So to Bed Film | Self - Commentator |
| 1961 | Look at Life: Roses All the Way Film | Self - Commentator |
| 1961 | Look at Life: A Hundred Thousand Oarsmen Film | Self - Commentator |
| 1960 | Look at Life: Keeping Fit Film | Self - Commentator |
| 1960 | Look at Life: Women in Green Film | Self - Commentator |
| 1960 | Look at Life: Shares in Tomorrow Film | Self - Commentator |
Crew credits 4
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Dors: The Other Diana Film | Writer |
| 1985 | EastEnders TV | Writer (3 ep) |
| 1974 | Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location Report Film | Director |
| 1968 | Please Sir! TV | Writer (4 ep) |