Bio of Cult TV Camera Man to be Published

Fantom Films will release a book concerning the life of BBC cameraman Fred Hamilton, a man who worked on series such as Z Cars, Doomwatch, Colditz and a whole bunch of Doctor Who from the Patrick Troughton to Tom Baker eras.

Zoom in When You See the Tears: 30 Adventurous Years at the BBC will be a book that shows and describes a man’s complete body of work, from Fred working early on in sport programmes and being assigned for the news to such locales as the jungles of Borneo, Vietnam and the Middle East.

The book also chronicles his time working on drama shows such as Doomwatch, Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Paul Temple and , shows that definitely are a bit of Cult Britannia in themselves.

The book will be available after the 16th of April when it makes it debut at the Daemons at Forty convention in Aldbourne Village.

Fantom Films released this information about the book:

Fantom Publishing is very pleased to announce our next publication…

ZOOM IN WHEN YOU SEE THE TEARS
30 ADVENTUROUS YEARS AT THE BBC

A memoir of Film Cameraman Fred Hamilton

Delving into the his thirty years at the BBC, Fred discussions his work across all genres including Sport, News and Drama – working on many iconic television series of the 1960s and 1970s.

The publication will include many unpublished and personal photographs from his career which features such credits as Doctor Who, Z Cars, Doomwatch, Colditz, Out of the Unknown and Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy to name but a few.

His Who credits include The Enemy of the World, Doctor Who and the Silurians, Inferno, The Mind of Evil, The Dæmons, Day of the Daleks, The Curse of Peladon, The Mutants, Planet of the Spiders, The Deadly Assassin, The Talons of Weng-Chiang and Destiny of the Daleks.

Priced £14.99, ‘Zoom In When You See The Tears’ will be launched at ‘The Daemons at Forty’ on 16th April and exclusively available to purchase via www.fantomfilms.co.uk and Galaxy Four until July 2011. The first 150 books will come with an exclusive book plate signed by Fred Hamilton.

Committing his memories of an impressively colourful professional life to paper, Fred Hamilton tells the story of a man totally dedicated to his job, whose accounts are enriched by hilarious anecdotes involving many BBC legends.

This autobiography is a fascinating insider’s view of the BBC, lavishly illustrated throughout with never before seen, exclusive photographs from Fred’s personal archives.

(Via Fantom Films)