Mark Lawson Talks to... - Season 3 / Year 2008

Mark Lawson Talks to... - Season 3 / Year 2008

Season 3 / Year 2008

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DatesJan 16, 2008 - Jul 21, 2008
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Episodes

Russell T. Davies
Year 2008Episode 160 min

Russell T. Davies

Top scriptwriter Russell T Davies in conversation with Mark Lawson.
Jan 16, 2008
Nicholas Parsons
Year 2008Episode 260 min

Nicholas Parsons

Just a Minute host and raconteur Nicholas Parsons in conversation with Mark Lawson.
Rabbi Lionel Blue
Year 2008Episode 360 min

Rabbi Lionel Blue

Journalist and broadcaster Lionel Blue, the first openly gay British rabbi, in conversation with Mark Lawson.
Galton and Simpson
Year 2008Episode 460 min

Galton and Simpson

Galton and Simpson talk about their famous creations Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son, how they met each other in hospital, and why they stopped working together.

George Cole
Year 2008Episode 560 min

George Cole

Actor George Cole, best known as Arthur Daley in the long-running TV series Minder, in conversation with Mark Lawson.
Barry Cryer
Year 2008Episode 660 min

Barry Cryer

Comedy writer and raconteur Barry Cryer in conversation with Mark Lawson.
Liz Smith
Year 2008Episode 760 min

Liz Smith

Mark Lawson talks to the actress Liz Smith about her life and career. She reflects on her lonely childhood, her days as a single mother and her determination to become an actress.
Jonathan Meades
Year 2008Episode 860 min

Jonathan Meades

Writer and television performer Jonathan Meades discusses his life and career with Mark Lawson. In his unmistakable dark suits and sunglasses, Meades has presented many opinionated and sometimes controversial documentaries on architecture, culture and food. Meades talks about the secrets of his distinctive presenting style, gaining weight as restaurant critic for The Times and his Humanist beliefs.
Jul 21, 2008
G.F. Newman
Year 2008Episode 960 min

G.F. Newman

Writer GF Newman discusses his life and career with Mark Lawson. Responsible for the classic drama serial Law and Order and more recently Judge John Deed, Newman also discusses his belief in reincarnation and vegetarianism.
Melvyn Bragg
Year 2008Episode 1060 min

Melvyn Bragg

Melvyn Bragg divides his time between broadcasting and writing. He has presented The South Bank Show since 1978 and his best-selling books include A Time To Dance, The Routes of English and the semi-autobiographical Remember Me. He discusses growing up in Cumbria, the death of his first wife, and the state of arts television, with Mark Lawson.
John le Carré
Year 2008Episode 1160 min

John le Carré

John le Carre converses with Mark Lawson about his fragmented childhood, life in the diplomatic service, working with Alec Guinness and his book A Most Wanted Man. Le Carre worked as an intelligence officer in the 1970s before turning to writing full time. His personal experiences during the Cold War informed a string of best-selling espionage novels including The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. He also wrote the corporate corruption thriller The Constant Gardener, which became a Oscar-winning film.
Michael Parkinson
Year 2008Episode 1260 min

Michael Parkinson

The interviewer turns interviewee as Michael Parkinson sits in the guest's chair, talking to Mark Lawson about turning to journalism to avoid life in the Yorkshire coalmines, his schoolboy cricket record, flirting with his female guests, meeting Muhammad Ali and how the run-ins with Emu and Meg Ryan will follow him to the grave.
Quentin Blake
Year 2008Episode 1360 min

Quentin Blake

Quentin Blake talks to Mark Lawson about life as one of Britain's best known illustrators and children's authors and whose most prolific collaboration was with Roald Dahl.
Rolf Harris
Year 2008Episode 1460 min

Rolf Harris

Rolf Harris, inventor of the wobble-board and portrait painter to the Queen, discusses his career as one of the best-loved entertainers in Britain. He describes his early success as Australian junior swimming champion, how Animal Hospital changed his life, how he came to sing that version of Stairway to Heaven and shows Mark Lawson how to play the didgeridoo.

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