Nightline

Title

Nightline

Genre

Interview; News bulletin; Phone-in; Advertisement

TX Date

5 Jul 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

01:06:55

Description

Mike Allen interviews singer Eartha Kitt, on his Nightline programme and the public phone-in. Speaks about her stage role with Orson Welles in the 1950s; CIA dossier due to anti-Vietnam war statements; latest volume of biography; her childhood; anecdote about failure to meet Stephen Sondheim. Includes advertisements (with George Melly and Chris Tarrant); news bulletin (with Allan King; including interview with Chaim Topol). Also includes edited excerpts from remainder of the evening’s programming including Greg Strange’s Classical Review with Rupert Christiansen on opera and piece of opera played; and news bulletin read by Barney Burnham. Ends abruptly.

Contributors

Greg Strange; George Melly; Mike Allen; Eartha Kitt; Chris Tarrant; Rupert Christiansen; Allan King; Chaim Topol; Barney Burnham

Keywords

Opera; Popular music; Singers; Biographies; Eartha Kitt

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