Remembers…
Remembers…

Remembers…

2022 5 Seasons 171 Episodes ⭐ 7.0 Documentary Talk

What are the secrets of our favourite TV shows? Famous names from both sides of the camera reflect on making some of the most popular and influential programs of all time.

What are the secrets of our favourite TV shows? Famous names from both sides of the camera reflect on making some of the most popular and influential programs of all time.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Jeanette Winterson Remembers... Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Jeanette Winterson looks back on the iconic drama series Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1989).

EP 2

Bernard Hill Remembers... Boys from the Blackstuff

Bernard Hill looks back on the iconic drama series Boys from the Blackstuff (1982).

EP 3

Colin Baker Remembers… The Roads to Freedom

Colin Baker looks back on one of his earliest TV roles and discusses the significance of acclaimed 13-part drama series

EP 4

Hanif Kureishi Remembers… The Buddha of Suburbia

Writer Hanif Kureishi looks back on how his semi-autobiographical novel The Buddha of Suburbia became one of the definin

EP 5

Moira Armstrong and Vivien Heilbron Remember… Sunset Song

Actor Vivien Heilbron and director Moira Armstrong look back on the 1971 BBC Scotland drama Sunset Song, based on Lewis

EP 6

Christopher Eccleston Remembers… Our Friends in the North

To mark the rescreening of Our Friends in the North, as part of the BBC’s centenary celebrations, Christopher Ecclesto

EP 7

Kenneth Branagh Remembers… Billy Plays

Kenneth Branagh looks back on his experiences working on the first major production of his career: Graham Reid’s Billy

EP 8

David Harewood Remembers… A Man from the Sun

Actor David Harewood shares his impressions of John Elliot’s game-changing 1956 BBC drama, which explored the challeng

EP 9

Siân Phillips Remembers… How Green Was My Valley

Award-winning actress Siân Phillips takes a look back at the BBC’s landmark 1975 adaptation of Richard Llewellyn’s

EP 10

Michael Dobbs Remembers… House of Cards

Author, politician and member of the House of Lords Michael Dobbs looks back on the TV drama that had 90s Britain hooked

EP 11

Alison Steadman Remembers… The Singing Detective

Alison Steadman looks back at Dennis Potter’s The Singing Detective, hailed as one of the most important and influenti

EP 12

Joe McFadden Remembers… The Crow Road

Considered one of the finest TV adaptations of a novel ever made for television, BBC Scotland’s The Crow Road was firs

EP 13

Peter Kosminsky Remembers… Wolf Hall

Wolf Hall, one of the most critically acclaimed television dramas of recent years, was based on the first two of the lat

EP 14

Richard Wilson Remembers… Tutti Frutti

It’s a trip down rock 'n' roll’s memory lane for Richard Wilson as he recalls his role as manager of The Majestics i

EP 1

Michael Jayston Remembers... Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Michael Jayston looks back on the acclaimed drama series Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979).

EP 2

Glenda Jackson Remembers... Elizabeth R

Double Oscar winner Glenda Jackson remembers the role that brought her back to television after the huge success she had

EP 3

Duncan Preston Remembers... Pat and Margaret

Actor Duncan Preston introduces Victoria Wood's comedy drama about two ill-matched sisters.

EP 4

Stephen Poliakoff Remembers… She's Been Away

Stephen Poliakoff introduces his drama about an unexpected pact between two women.

EP 5

Gyles Brandreth Remembers… Hinge and Bracket

Gyles Brandreth remembers the comedy and musical duo Hinge and Bracket.

EP 6

Alan Bennett Remembers… An Englishman Abroad

Alan Bennett remembers his 1983 television drama, based on the true story of a chance meeting in Moscow between actress

EP 7

Zoë Wanamaker Remembers… Bowie and Baal

Zoë Wanamaker remembers the 1982 BBC adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s first play, Baal, in which she appeared with Davi

EP 8

Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice Remember… Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

It’s now 50 years since we first met and fell for accident-prone Frank Spencer and his long-suffering wife Betty in th

EP 9

Martin Amis, Money and Memories with William Boyd

Novelist William Boyd looks back on his long friendship with fellow writer Martin Amis, who died in May 2023 at the age

EP 10

Sir Derek Jacobi Remembers… I, Claudius

Sir Derek Jacobi remembers the landmark 1976 TV series I, Claudius.

EP 11

Edward Heath Remembered by Michael Cockerell

Award-winning documentary maker Michael Cockerell is a master of the political profile, with a reputation for uncovering

EP 12

Amanda Burton Remembers… Silent Witness

Contains some upsetting scenes. When the BBC’s long-running Silent Witness first combined doctors, DNA and detective w

EP 13

Barbara Castle Remembered by Michael Cockerell

Acclaimed political profiler Michael Cockerell tells the story behind his encounter with one of the grand dames of Westm

EP 14

Jed Mercurio Remembers… Cardiac Arrest

Line of Duty writer Jed Mercurio looks back on the first drama he wrote and the start of his extraordinary journey from

EP 15

Roy Jenkins Remembered by Michael Cockerell

Political interviewer Michael Cockerell introduces his acclaimed profile of Roy Jenkins, the man who, as home secretary

EP 16

David Tennant Remembers… Hamlet

David Tennant looks back on the role he time-travelled into after leaving the Tardis, playing Hamlet in Greg Doran’s a

EP 17

Dame Janet Suzman Remembers… The Wars of the Roses

Dame Janet Suzman looks back on her role as Joan of Arc in the BBC adaptations of Shakespeare’s Wars of the Roses. Und

EP 18

Gregory Doran Remembers… Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

Gregory Doran, former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, looks back on the challenges he faced bringing

EP 19

Sir Simon Russell Beale Remembers… The Hollow Crown

Actor Simon Russell Beale looks back on the The Hollow Crown, the BBC’s 2012 adaptations of the most vital of Shakespe

EP 20

Damian Lewis, Matthew Macfadyen & Peter Kosminsky Remember… Warriors

Actors Damian Lewis and Matthew Macfayden and director Peter Kosminsky reunite to look back on 1999’s BBC drama Warrio

EP 21

Hugh Quarshie Remembers… Othello

Hugh Quarshie looks back on his highly praised interpretation of Othello in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2015 produ

EP 22

Dame Helen Mirren Remembers… As You Like It

Dame Helen Mirren looks back on one of her earliest television roles, filmed before she’d become a household name and

EP 23

Margi Clarke Remembers… Making Out

Actress Margi Clarke looks back on the BBC’s popular 1980s comedy drama series Making Out, written by Debbie Horsfield

EP 24

Steven Berkoff Remembers… Hamlet at Elsinore

In 1964, a young Steven Berkoff was cast in one of his earliest screen roles, as a junior player in Hamlet in Elsinore,

EP 25

Sir Richard Eyre Remembers… King Lear

Award-winning director and screenwriter Sir Richard Eyre looks back on his 2018 production of King Lear, which garnered

EP 26

Dame Siân Phillips Remembers… Under Milk Wood

Dame Siân Phillips looks back on Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood and her own experiences with the various adaptions th

EP 27

Horace Ové Remembered by Indra Ové

The groundbreaking director, photographer and artist Sir Horace Ové, who died in 2023 aged 86, was best known for his u

EP 28

Ricky Tomlinson Remembers… The Royle Family

Ricky Tomlinson sits back in his chair and takes a fond look back at the much-loved comedy series The Royle Family, shar

EP 1

Dame Darcey Bussell on... The Magic of Dance

Renowned ballet dancer Dame Darcey Bussell introduces us to a gem from the BBC’s dance archives, The Magic of Dance, w

EP 2

Penelope Keith Remembers... To the Manor Born

Penelope Keith casts an affectionate eye back on the much-loved sitcom To the Manor Born and her role as upper-class Aud

EP 3

Andrew Davies Remembers... Pride and Prejudice

Andrew Davies looks back on Pride and Prejudice (1995) and talks about how he adapted the story from Jane Austen's class

EP 4

Alan Yentob Remembers... Orson Welles

Orson Welles was the genius who changed the face of cinema with his 1941 directorial debut, Citizen Kane, and who became

EP 5

Waris Hussein Remembers... A Passage to India

In 1965, a young Waris Hussein was perhaps the only experienced Indian director working in British television and was ho

EP 6

Mel Brooks and Me - by Alan Yentob

As BBC Four marks the 50th anniversary of the classic film comedy ‘Blazing Saddles’, Alan Yentob looks back on his e

EP 7

Claire Bloom Remembers… Anna Karenina

Claire Bloom introduces a rare screening of the BBC’s 1961 adaptation of Anna Karenina, in which she delivers one of h

EP 8

Miriam Margolyes Remembers… Cold Comfort Farm

National treasure Miriam Margolyes looks back on her role in the BBC’s 1995 adaptation of one of the much-loved jewels

EP 9

Alan Yentob Remembers… Ella Fitzgerald

EP 10

William Gaunt and Marcia Warren Remember… No Place Like Home

Actors William Gaunt and Marcia Warren reunite for a look back at No Place Like Home, the BBC sitcom that ran from 1983

EP 11

Paul Abbott Remembers… Clocking Off

Acclaimed screenwriter Paul Abbott tells the story behind the creation of his 2000 Bafta-winning drama series Clocking O

EP 12

Siân Phillips, Waris Hussein and Moira Armstrong Remember… Shoulder to Shoulder

Siân Phillips is joined by directors Moira Armstrong and Waris Hussein to look back on the 1974 drama series Shoulder t

EP 13

Mary Beard Remembers… Civilisation

Mary Beard delivers a personal introduction to Kenneth Clark’s landmark 1969 series, Civilisation, which became one of

EP 14

Peter Egan Remembers… A Perfect Spy

Peter Egan looks back on the BBC’s 1987 adaptation of John le Carre’s A Perfect Spy, one of the writer’s most accl

EP 15

Helen Mirren Remembers… Blue Remembered Hills

Dame Helen Mirren looks back on her role in Dennis Potter’s seminal 1979 TV drama Blue Remembered Hills, one of the be

EP 16

Wendy Craig Remembers… Butterflies

Carla Lane’s Butterflies was one of the best-loved sitcoms of the 1970s, following the life of frustrated housewife Ri

EP 17

Roy Clarke Remembers… A Foreign Field

Writer Roy Clarke is the man responsible for some of the BBC’s longest running and most popular sitcoms: Open All Hour

EP 18

Renny Rye Remembers… Karaoke

Director Renny Rye looks back on the part he played in Karaoke, one of television’s most unusual commissions – a uni

EP 19

Don Warrington and Tony Jordan Remember… Death in Paradise

For over ten years and more than 100 episodes, Death in Paradise has delivered fans an irresistible cocktail of sun, sea

EP 20

Eileen Atkins Remembers… She Fell Among Thieves

Dame Eileen Atkins takes us back to 1920s France and a fantastic world of foul play, chateaus, dungeons and fast cars in

EP 21

Remembering… The Cops

In 1998, the BBC unveiled its latest look at the world of crime and policing, a new series called The Cops. Set in an un

EP 22

Eileen Atkins Remembers… Mrs Dalloway

In 1997, the film version of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway was released in cinemas, based on a screenplay by Dame Eile

EP 23

Gloria Hunniford Remembers… Doris Day

In the 1950s and 60s, Doris Day ranked amongst cinema’s biggest box office stars, thanks to roles in films such as mus

EP 24

Trevor Eve Remembers… Waking the Dead

From its first appearance on our screens in 2000, Waking the Dead had viewers gripped by the activities of Detective Sup

EP 25

GF Newman Remembers… Law and Order

In 1978, the BBC crime drama Law and Order so shocked the nation with its realistic depiction of a police force riddled

EP 26

David Olusoga Remembers… Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners

Historian, author and presenter David Olusoga looks back on how his 2015 documentary Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners he

EP 27

Richard Harrington Remembers… Hinterland

Actor Richard Harrington looks back on his role as DCI Tom Mathias in Hinterland, the acclaimed crime drama set in Abery

EP 28

Roy Clarke Remembers… Keeping Up Appearances

Acclaimed comedy writer Roy Clarke has an extraordinary legacy when it comes to popular British sitcoms - creating Last

EP 29

Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong and James Bolam Remember… New Tricks

Amanda Redman, James Bolam and Alun Armstrong, who formed the first incarnation of UCOS (Unsolved Crime and Open Case Sq

EP 30

Richard Eyre Remembers… Country

Celebrated theatre, film and television director Richard Eyre has forged links with some of Britain’s finest writers -

EP 31

Peter Davison Remembers… Campion

British screen legend Peter Davison sits down to give us an invaluable insight into the iconic 1989-1990 mystery drama s

EP 32

Nathaniel Parker and Sharon Small Remember… The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries first appeared on our screens in 2001 and had viewers instantly hooked by the combination

EP 33

Dame Maureen Lipman Remembers… The Evacuees

Dame Maureen Lipman shares her experiences of playing her own mother-in-law in the TV film The Evacuees, an autobiograph

EP 34

Dame Patricia Routledge Remembers… Keeping Up Appearances

Dame Patricia Routledge recalls how the character of Hyacinth Bucket first entered her life and looks back on the part s

EP 35

Dame Patricia Routledge Remembers… Miss Pym's Day Out

Miss Pym's Day Out saw Dame Patricia Routledge portray legendary author Barbara Pym in an RTS Award-winning episode of B

EP 36

Dame Patricia Routledge Remembers… Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Dame Patricia explains what attracted her to playing the woman who discovers an extraordinary talent for sleuthing in he

EP 37

Dame Patricia Routledge Remembers… Talking Heads

Talking Heads was Alan Bennett’s acclaimed series of one-off tele-plays, written specifically for a selection of some

EP 38

Jed Mercurio and Martin Compston Remember… Line of Duty

Line of Duty creator, writer and showrunner, Jed Mercurio, and leading cast member Martin Compston, aka DI Steve Arnott,

EP 39

Sally Wainwright Remembers… Happy Valley

Writer Sally Wainwright looks back on the origins of her Bafta-winning drama Happy Valley, which first appeared on the n

EP 40

Peter Kosminsky Remembers… The Project

As a new Labour government settles into power with a huge majority under Keir Starmer, director Peter Kosminsky consider

EP 41

Alison O'Donnell Remembers… Shetland

As fans prepare for the arrival of series nine of the BBC’s long-running crime drama Shetland, actor Alison O’Donnel

EP 42

Philip Glenister and Matthew Graham Remember… Life on Mars

Philip Glenister fires up the Cortina GXL one more time and takes a trip back in time to reflect on the hugely popular 1

EP 43

Edward Mirzoeff Remembers… 40 Minutes

Edward Mirzoeff, former BBC executive documentary producer and series editor of flagship series 40 Minutes, looks back o

EP 44

Simon Schama Remembers… Landscape and Memory

Sir Simon Schama’s first foray into TV presenting, Landscape and Memory, presented a unique take on the links between

EP 45

Mick Jackson Remembers… Threads

Ahead of a rare rescreening of the BBC’s apocalyptic drama Threads, director and producer Mick Jackson looks back to 1

EP 46

Angela Rippon Remembers… Top Gear

Angela Rippon buckles up for a trip down memory lane and checks the rear-view mirror before sharing her memories of work

EP 47

Angela Rippon Remembers… Come Dancing

Angela Rippon’s love of dancing dates back to the ballet lessons she took as a young girl, and here – as she celebra

EP 48

Christopher Timothy and Peter Davison Remember… All Creatures Great and Small

Actors Christopher Timothy and Peter Davison share their memories of working on the popular BBC drama series All Creatur

EP 49

Joan Bakewell Remembers… Nelson Mandela in Heart of the Matter

Joan Bakewell looks back on what she describes as the greatest moment of her career, her scoop interview with Nelson Man

EP 50

Joan Bakewell Remembers… Marcel Duchamp in Late Night Line-Up

Joan Bakewell remembers her interview with legendary French artist and sculptor Marcel Duchamp, just months before his d

EP 51

Peter McDougall Remembers… The Elephants' Graveyard

Playwright Peter McDougall looks back at his bittersweet Play for Today from 1976, which starred Billy Connolly.

EP 52

Joan Bakewell Remembers… Bette Davis at the NFT

Joan Bakewell looks back fondly on her evening spent with the legendary screen actor Bette Davis in 1972. Joan was in aw

EP 53

Gemma Arterton Remembers… Tess of the D'Urbervilles

David Nicholls's 2008 adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles provided Gemma Arterton with her first

EP 54

Christopher Eccleston Remembers… Jude

Thomas Hardy’s classic story of class, love and familial heartbreak was so shocking at the time of its release that Ha

EP 55

Mary Beard Remembers… Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit

Professor Mary Beard is known for her explorations of the ancient world, but here looks back on her more recent past, an

EP 56

David Nicholls Remembers… Far from the Madding Crowd

Acclaimed novelist David Nicholls, perhaps best known for the best-selling One Day, looks back on the 2015 film of Thoma

EP 57

Don Cupitt Remembers… The Sea of Faith

Don Cupitt, one of Britain’s leading Christian philosophers, once described by the Church Times as 'an ecclesiastical

EP 58

Martin Scorsese Remembers… Powell and Pressburger

Acclaimed director Martin Scorsese introduces the BBC’s much-anticipated season of films by the legendary team of Mich

EP 59

Renny Rye Remembers… The Box of Delights

Director Renny Rye looks back on the BBC TV adaptation of John Masefield's 1935 fantasy children's novel.

EP 60

Timothy Spall Remembers… Benjamin Zephaniah

Actor Timothy Spall shares his memories of working alongside Benjamin on the 1992 comedy drama Dread Poets Society. This

EP 61

Dame Judi Dench Remembers… Talking to a Stranger

Dame Judi Dench shares her memories of Talking to a Stranger, the groundbreaking 1960s drama by celebrated Z-Cars creato

EP 62

Dame Judi Dench Remembers… Mr and Mrs Edgehill

Dame Judi Dench looks back on her role in 1985s Mr and Mrs Edgehill, a one-off drama based on a Noel Coward short story,

EP 63

Mackenzie Crook Remembers... Detectorists

Mackenzie Crook shares what inspired him to write his hit series Detectorists - a funny and touching series about a grou

EP 64

Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais Remember… Porridge

Fifty years on from when the prison doors first slammed shut on Norman Stanley Fletcher, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais

EP 65

Zoë Wanamaker Remembers… David Copperfield

Actor Zoë Wanamaker recalls the BBC's 1999 star-studded adaptation of the Dickens classic.

EP 66

Derek Jacobi Remembers… Much Ado About Nothing

Sir Derek Jacobi looks back on the filmed version of Franco Zeffirelli’s famous 1960s production of Much Ado About Not

EP 1

Ruth Jones Remembers… Hattie

A self-confessed comedy hero to Ruth Jones, Hattie Jacques was a core part of postwar British comedy history. Roles in t

EP 2

Vivien Heilbron Remembers… Cloud Howe

Actress Vivien Heilbron looks back on the 1982 drama series Cloud Howe, the second part of the BBC’s acclaimed adaptat

EP 3

Vivien Heilbron Remembers… Grey Granite

First broadcast in 1983, Grey Granite was the third and final part of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s A Scots Quair trilogy tha

EP 4

David Herman Remembers… Face to Face

From Tony Hancock to Martin Luther King, Yoko Ono to Salman Rushdie, Face to Face interrogated some of the key figures i

EP 5

Adrian Lester Remembers… Company

Actor Adrian Lester looks back on the celebrated 1996 Donmar Warehouse revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical Company.

EP 6

Tony Marchant Remembers… Take Me Home

Writer Tony Marchant looks back on his 1989 drama Take Me Home, a troubled love story set amidst a political backdrop of

EP 7

David Olusoga Remembers… Artists and Models

Historian David Olusoga looks back on the 1986 BBC drama documentary Artists and Models, which had a profound influence

EP 8

Willard White Remembers… Porgy and Bess

The great opera singer Sir Willard White recalls his experiences on the first televised production of Porgy and Bess, ba

EP 9

Jimmy McGovern Remembers… The Lakes

Writer Jimmy McGovern looks back on The Lakes, his 1997 drama that showed viewers one of Britain’s most-loved beauty s

EP 10

Jimmy McGovern Remembers… Priest

Screenwriter Jimmy McGovern looks back on his acclaimed, but controversial, 1995 drama Priest, explaining how an initial

EP 11

Gary Wilmot Remembers… Showstoppers

Gary Wilmot looks back fondly on his time presenting Showstoppers, a 1995 series jam-packed with well-known hits from mu

EP 12

Jimmy McGovern Remembers… Common

Screenwriter Jimmy McGovern remembers his 2014 drama Common, which explores the concept and consequences of the law of j

EP 13

Elaine Paige Remembers… A Night on the Town

Elaine Paige looks back on A Night on the Town – a musical extravaganza from the early 1980s, filmed with a mostly Ame

EP 14

Andrew Roberts Remembers… AJP Taylor's The War Lords

AJP Taylor was rightly renowned as one of Britain’s finest historians, combining his academic work at Oxford with a su

EP 15

Simon Schama Remembers… The Power of Art

Sir Simon Schama looks back on his 2006 series The Power of Art, which examined the works of eight artists and explored

EP 16

Laurence Rees Remembers… The Nazis: A Warning from History

Laurence Rees' landmark 1997 series explored the reasons why Germany fell in thrall to the Nazis. Combining astonishing

EP 17

Brian Cox Remembers… Bob Servant

Acting giant Brian Cox has enjoyed a stellar career and is known for the intensity of characters like Hannibal Lecter an

EP 18

Alison Steadman Remembers… Girl

Alison Steadman Remembers... Girl National treasure Alison Steadman tells the story of one of the most groundbreaking a

EP 19

Brian Cox Remembers… The Lost Language of Cranes

Actor Brian Cox looks back on the filming of the 1991 movie The Lost Language of Cranes, about a man struggling to come

EP 20

Romola Garai Remembers… Emma

Romola Garai shares her experiences of filming the much-loved 2009 series Emma, recalling how she drew on the text to br

EP 21

Katharine Schlesinger Remembers… Northanger Abbey

Katharine Schlesinger looks back on the filming of the 1987 adaptation of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey.

EP 22

Amanda Root and Sophie Thompson Remember… Persuasion

Actors Amanda Root and Sophie Thompson look back on their roles in the BBC’s 1995 adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasi

EP 23

Frank McGuinness & Julie Nicholson Remember… A Song for Jenny

Frank McGuinness and Julie Nicholson look back on the 2015 drama that explored the impact of the 7/7 bombing at Edgware

EP 24

George Gallaccio Remembers… Miss Marple

Producer George Gallaccio explains how Agatha Christie’s tales of death and deception were brought to life for the sma

EP 25

Debbie Horsfield Remembers… Poldark

Screenwriter Debbie Horsfield shares the story of how her TV adaptation of Winston Graham's novels came about and descri

EP 26

Nicholas Shakespeare Remembers… Mario Vargas Llosa

Nicholas Shakespeare looks back on the film he made for Omnibus that followed his friend and fellow writer Mario Vargas

EP 27

Debbie Horsfield Remembers… Cutting It

Writer Debbie Horsfield looks back on Cutting It, her drama series following the personal and professional rivalries of

EP 28

Patrick Marber Remembers… After Miss Julie

Patrick Marber looks back on his 1995 adaptation of August Strindberg's classic play Miss Julie.

EP 29

Helen Mirren Remembers… Gosford Park

Helen Mirren looks back on her role in Robert Altman’s acclaimed and multi-award-winning 2001 film Gosford Park, writt

EP 30

Helen Mirren Remembers… The Little Minister

Dame Helen Mirren looks back on one of her earliest television roles in the BBC’s 1975 adaptation of JM Barrie’s The

EP 31

Michael Aspel Remembers… The War Game

Michael Aspel looks back on the BBC nuclear war drama documentary The War Game.

EP 32

Paul Lewis Remembers… Alfred Brendel

Paul Lewis provides a glimpse into the life and career of a performer assured of his place as one of the greatest musici

EP 33

Stephen Poliakoff Remembers… Shooting the Past

Stephen Poliakoff looks back on his 1999 TV series Shooting the Past, revealing how he was given the brief to write some

EP 34

Jasper Carrott Remembers…

Comedy hero Jasper Carrott marks hitting his 80th year with a look back over the unique career that has seen him gracing

EP 35

Stephen Poliakoff Remembers… Perfect Strangers

Stephen Poliakoff gives an insight into the making of his landmark BBC drama Perfect Strangers.

EP 36

Phil Davis Remembers… The Firm

Phil Davis pays tribute to maverick director Alan Clarke as he looks back on his time acting in the 1989 made-for-televi

EP 37

Sarah Churchwell Remembers… The Great Gatsby

Sarah Churchwell looks at the origins of The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald's evocative novel of the Roaring Twenties,

EP 38

Anthony Wall Remembers… Arena

Anthony Wall looks back on his time on Arena, from producer to series editor, and celebrates the films and people that m

EP 39

Waris Hussein Remembers… The Clothes in the Wardrobe

Director Waris Hussein talks about his memories of making the 1993 TV drama The Clothes in the Wardrobe, adapted from th

EP 40

Bhasker Patel Remembers… Brothers in Trouble

Actor Bhasker Patel looks back at the 1993 BBC film Brothers in Trouble.

EP 41

William Nicholson Remembers… Sweet as You Are

Acclaimed screenwriter William Nicholson looks back on the BBC drama he still considers one of his finest achievements,

EP 42

Professor Angie Hobbs Remembers… The Great Philosophers

Professor Angie Hobbs gives a modern view on Bryan Magee’s highly influential series The Great Philosophers. She exami

EP 43

Lord Mervyn King Remembers… The Age of Uncertainty

Former governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King looks back on the BBC’s 1977 series on the history of economic thin

EP 44

David Hare Remembers… The Absence of War

Screenwriter David Hare looks back on his 1995 political drama The Absence of War, a fictional account of a Labour gener

EP 45

Ian McNeice Remembers… Edge of Darkness

Actor Ian McNeice looks back on the 1985 political thriller Edge of Darkness, which quickly established itself as a land

EP 46

Emma Thompson and Paul Murton Remember… The Blue Boy

Emma Thompson and Paul Murton discuss The Blue Boy, a film Paul was inspired to write after a spooky experience the pair

EP 47

Matthew Bourne Remembers… Swan Lake

Acclaimed choreographer and director Sir Matthew Bourne discusses his groundbreaking reinterpretation of Tchaikovsky's c

EP 48

Graham Reid Remembers… The Precious Blood

Writer Graham Reid looks back on his 1996 BBC drama The Precious Blood, set in a Belfast trying to secure a lasting peac

EP 49

Graham Reid Remembers… Life After Life

Playwright Graham Reid looks back on his 1995 TV drama Life After Life, a powerful addition to his work on the Troubles,

EP 50

Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens Remember… Jane Eyre

Actors Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens look back on the 2006 TV adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.

EP 51

Kay Adshead Remembers… Wuthering Heights

Actor, producer and writer Kay Adshead reflects on her memorable portrayal of Cathy Earnshaw in the BBC’s 1978 adaptat

EP 52

Michael Aspel Remembers… The Evacuees

Michael Aspel, now 92, reflects on his childhood as an evacuee during the Second World War, sharing vivid memories that

EP 53

William Nicholson Remembers… Shadowlands

Screenwriter William Nicholson recalls the making of the 1985 BBC drama Shadowlands, an exploration of faith, love and l

EP 54

Derek Griffiths Remembers… Bod

Icon of children's broadcasting Derek Griffiths looks back on the much-loved 1970s animated series Bod, a cult classic n

EP 55

Michael Palin Remembers… East of Ipswich

Michael Palin recounts the story behind his much-loved 1987 coming-of-age drama East of Ipswich.

EP 56

Peter Egan and Penelope Wilton Remember… Ever Decreasing Circles

Actors Peter Egan and Penelope Wilton look back on their roles as Ann and Paul in the BBC’s 1980s sitcom Ever Decreasi

EP 57

Samuel West Remembers… Prunella Scales

Actor Samuel West introduces a special night of BBC programmes that celebrate the life and work of his mother, Prunella

EP 1

Christopher Biggins Remembers… Rentaghost

Beloved entertainer Christopher Biggins takes a nostalgic look back at his time on the classic BBC comedy Rentaghost. Sh

EP 2

Mike Leigh Remembers… Nuts in May

Mike Leigh, icon of British TV and film, looks back on one of his most popular and influential television plays, 1976's

EP 3

Richard Eyre Remembers… Ibsen

With a career spanning seven decades, acclaimed theatre, film and TV director Richard Eyre has been involved in a number

EP 4

Trevor Eve, Juliet Stevenson and David Thacker Remember… A Doll's House

A look back at the BBC's acclaimed 1992 adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House that reunites leading cast members T

EP 5

Roy Clarke Remembers… Open All Hours

The recently knighted sitcom writer Roy Clarke looks back on one of his best-loved creations, Open All Hours, and shares

EP 6

Michael Palin Remembers… Number 27

Michael Palin shares memories of his 1988 screenplay for the drama Number 27 - one of his early post-Python solo venture

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