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But l think we all agree it should be an interesting programme. It does make you wonder from what angle they will be looking at QE2 from..
I think the first programme will be about the ship in Clydebank. My connection to Clydebank is probably why I am in the first programme. I lived in Clydebank at the time the ship was being built. My Dad worked in John Brown's - see
John Brown's shipyard - in with the bricks topic where I wrote his story. I stood on the decks of QE2 days after she was launched and saw around the ship before she left Clydebank.
Andy Robbins when interviewing me asked about the strikes and pilfering, at the time when the ship was being built, which I did not have any knowledge. I was aware of strikes, but that was a sign of the times. On the pilfering I have always stated that I disagree that it was the ordinary worker who was doing this and agree with Hugh Morrison, who on another topic said that this was organised crime. It will be interesting to see how the programme producers handle this topic. I told them they should speak to Hugh Morrison plus Ian Johnston, shipyard author and historian, who very clearly stated in his book that the increase in pilfering near the end of the completion of the ship was down to contract workers being used and lack of security etc. but that is another story.
I am looking forward to seeing the programme. There was many people interviewed as a result of Channel 5 getting contact details from The QE2 Story, so they would have had a wealth of material to work with to generate an interesting QE2 programme.
