The HeyUGuys Interview -- Barry Norman, CBE Cast your mind back to the pre-internet age (admittedly, a tough task) where film-related content was sparse, and finding out about the latest releases and industry news was an altogether frugal and challenging task. Luckily, there was one perennial TV figure who provided a regular means of getting your cinematic fix (providing your parents remembered to hit record on the video, or you caught the repeats on a Saturday morning). For the better part of three decades, cinema lovers tuned in to watch Barry Norman report on forthcoming features, chat with the Hollywood elite and cast his critical eye over the weekly big-screen releases via the BBC's revered Film programme. Norman was popular enough to spawn a famous, oft-quoted catchphrase ("and why not?") and his reviews informed a whole generation of film fans. We had the enviable opportunity to chat to the legendary figure recently over the phone and ask him about how he turned film criticism into a long and fruitful career. HeyUGuys: Your father (Leslie Norman) was a director but how did you get into the business, and specifically, the area of film criticism? Barry Norman: My dad produced The Cruel Sea and directed Dunkirk amongst other titles, so I was brought up within the film industry and I've known movie people all my life. I actually went into journalism and I ended up as show business editor of the Daily Mail until 1971 when the paper merged and I was