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Tony Bilbow

Apr 17, 1932 - Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

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.

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Movie2008Means of ProductionHimself
Movie1984Eddie Monsoon - a Life?Himself
Movie1961Look at Life: Tulip Townnarrator
Movie1963Look at Life: The Trade Winds BlowSelf - Commentator
Movie1962Look at Life: Battle of the BulgeSelf - Commentator
Movie1961Look at Life: Counting HeadsSelf - Commentator
Movie1960Look at Life: Keeping FitSelf - Commentator
Movie1961Look at Life: And So to BedSelf - Commentator
Movie1961Look at Life: Roses All the WaySelf - Commentator
Movie1990Dors: The Other Diana
TV Show1982The Comic Strip Presents...himself1
TV Show1963MoonstrikeSquadron Leader Huggins1

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Movie1974Monty Python & the Holy Grail Location ReportDirectorDirecting
Movie1990Dors: The Other DianaWriterWriting
TV Show1985EastEndersWriterWriting
TV Show1968Please Sir!WriterWriting