Michael Parkinson interviews Marcel Marceau and Victor Spinetti

Title

Michael Parkinson interviews Marcel Marceau and Victor Spinetti

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop; News bulletin; Phone-in; Advertisement; Jingle; Trailer

TX Date

1 Aug 1990

Year of production

1990

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

01:06:32

Description

Michael Parkinson interviews mime artist Marcel Marceau on his career and admiration for Charlie Chaplin and Laurel and Hardy. Parkinson then interviews performer and actor Victor Spinetti on his life and working with Joan Littlewood on Oh What a Lovely War, including phone-in questions from listeners. Alan Clark then presents the 11 o’clock news; Bob Morrison(?) reports on a train crash at Reading; Graham Majin reports on deals to sell new cars. Nicky Broyd also reports on updates to Enid Blyton’s Noddy children books, removing racist references. Parkinson and Spinetti answer more listeners’ questions before speaking to Spike Milligan on the phone on his new television programme on Muzak, before speaking to Larry Dann, an old friend of Spinetti’s. Also includes 10.30 news with Alan Clark, including an appeal from Detective Superintendent John McAment(?) to Peter Donaldson to return a missing Worcester girl, and AA Traffic Watch with Steve Watts. Advertisement for Metronote Canon photocopiers and a trailer for Lawrence Spicer and The Tribe are also included in the clip.

Contributors

Lawrence Spicer; Spike Milligan; Michael Parkinson; Victor Spinetti; Steve Watts; Marcel Marceau; Larry Dann; Alan Clark (LBC)

Keywords

Actors; Theatre; Racism; Trains; Pantomime; Comedians; Charlie Chaplin; Spike Milligan; Railway accidents; Childrens books; Victor Spinetti; Marcel Marceau; Enid Blyton; Noddy (fictional character); Joan Littlewood; Stan Laurel; Oliver Hardy

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.