Freelance cinematographer Arthur Ibbetson, of Chalfont Lane, Chorleywood, had no idea he had won an Emmy award for his film Little Lord Fauntleroy, until he received a congratulatory cable from one of the other nominees.

Mr Ibbetson said: “It seems I won it in Los Angeles. I knew I had been nominated. I have now had a letter confirming it.”

He will receive the trophy this month.

The award is made by the Academy of television Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles, and is the television equivalent of the Oscar.

Little Lord Fauntleroy is a remake of the original film and features Sir Alec Guinness, child star Ricky Schroder and Connie Booth, of Fawlty Towers fame.


[From the Watford Observer of October 2, 1981]