The film was a wonderful one to make. It was my first, and I was asked by Peter Symes, who was the editor of Picture This, to go and meet Derek at the Star and Garter in Montpelier in Bristol.

From the moment I walked into the pub I felt it had a very special atmosphere. Derek stood quietly in a corner and played his records all night, while people would come in and out and reminisce about the memories his music brought back - which is why he called his DJ business DJ Derek's Sweet Memory Sounds.

The moment I walked into the pub I felt it had a special atmosphere

It was in the main a pub that catered to the Caribbean community, but all were welcome.

Derek felt a special affinity with that community, saying that he'd love to visit Jamaica one day as he thought he would feel really at home there.

Whether he ever managed to do that I don't know, but once the film was transmitted he was catapulted to fame.

The next time I met him, a few years later, he told me he had been invited all over the world to play festivals, travelling as far and wide as Japan. When people would meet me and learn that I'd made the film they would say delightedly: "Oh, I saw him at Glastonbury/The Big Chill. He's great!"

It was really a pleasure and a privilege to make the film and to meet Derek.