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Sir Laurence Olivier (1970 Television)

Series

Cinema

Director

Michael Becker (2)

Producer

John Hamp

Michael Parkinson interviews Laurence Olivier.

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Laurence Olivier (1973 Television)

Series

Dick Cavett Show, The

US talk show hosted by Dick Cavett. This episode, taped in Great Britain, was devoted to a single guest. Olivier talks about his life and career and offers thoughts on other actors including Marlon Brando....

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Much Ado About Shakespeare (1997 Radio)

Producer

Barry Littlechild

Radio arts programme in which John Huntley presents a previously undiscovered tape that he recorded in 1956 with Laurence Olivier, describing the problems of shooting Shakespearean films. Other contributors...

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Laurence Olivier’s 80th Birthday Celebrations: What Will Survive of Us is Love (1987 Television)

aka: What Will Survive of Us is Love

Director

Patrick Garland

Producer

Patrick Garland

Laurence Olivier talks to Patrick Garland from his home in Sussex, and reads his own choice of poetry and prose from William Shakespeare and other writers.

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Laurence Olivier 1907-1989: A Tribute (1989 Television)

Series

Omnibus

Television arts programme. A tribute to Laurence Olivier, broadcast on the day of his funeral. A somewhat hastily assembled miscellany of clips and critical assessments. The deepest insight comes in part...

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Laurence Olivier (1966 Television)

Series

Great Acting

Producer

Hal Burton

Television programme. Kenneth Tynan interviews Laurence Olivier about his career and major Shakespeare roles. Olivier speaks of how he used the Oedipus complex in Hamlet, working with Tyrone Guthrie (whom...

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Laurence Olivier (1992 Television)

aka: J’Accuse: Laurence Olivier

Series

Without Walls

Director

Jeff Morgan

Producer

Jeff Morgan

Television polemic. Russell Davies questions Laurence Olivier’s position as the pre-eminent Shakespearean actor, arguing that his performances are all show and no substance. This belief is compromised by...

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Laurence Olivier: Henry V (1999 Radio)

Series

Centurians

Producer

Lawrence Pollard

Radio programme. !0 years after his death, what is Olivier’s cultural legacy? By cutting the theatre text of Henry V he created a film of patriotic wartime propaganda which still colours perceptions of...

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Olivier! (2007 Radio)

Series

Archive Hour, The

Producer

Julia Adamson

Radio documentary, presented by Mark Lawson, celebrating Laurence Olivier’s centenary. A fascinating account of Olivier’s career and acting legacy with revealing comment and anecdotes from those who...

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Kenneth Tynan - In Praise of Hardcore (2005 Television)

Director

Chris Durlacher

Television drama-documentary. Recounts how theatre critic and National Theatre dramaturg, Kenneth Tynan, protested against the theatre’s prudish attitude to sex with his erotic revue Oh, Calcutta. Julian...

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