Survey - Take Three Passions

Tony Williams recognised that passion makes for compelling human interest whatever the subject and came up with the idea of a “pub battle” where three people from very different fields, but united by a common dedication to their respective callings, would be brought together to debate their obsessions. The subjects — choirmaster Maxwell Fernie, astronomer Peter (Night Sky) Read, and sports journalist Terry ‘TP’ McLean — are also filmed separately at work; shots of Fernie working with his choir are particularly notable in the scrum of sport, art and science.

We won’t reach perfection and if we could we wouldn’t be here.

– Maxwell Fernie

Key Cast & Crew

Tony Williams

Director, Camera

John O'Shea

Producer

Jeremy Stephens

Readings from Terry McLean books

Heather Crofskey (née Eggleton)

Production Assistant

Peter Read

Subject

Kathy O'Shea

Assistant Editor, Assistant Editor