Mark Lawson Talks to... - Season 4 / Year 2009

Mark Lawson Talks to... - Season 4 / Year 2009

Season 4 / Year 2009

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DatesJan 4, 2009 - Dec 13, 2009
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Episodes

Phil Collins
Year 2009Episode 160 min

Phil Collins

Phil Collins made his name as the drummer and then the lead singer of Genesis, before embarking on a successful solo career with hits including In the Air Tonight. In the 1980s he took on the role of one of the great train robbers in the film Buster and has recently had success with scoring for films such as Disney's Tarzan. Collins talks frankly to Mark Lawson about his three marriages and the various myths that surround him, including that he divorced his second wife by fax.
Jan 4, 2009
Maureen Lipman
Year 2009Episode 260 min

Maureen Lipman

Actress and writer Maureen Lipman talks to Mark Lawson about life after the death of her screen-writer husband Jack Rosenthal, working with Roman Polanski, being the face of BT, and how she has been banned from Woking shopping centre.
Jan 11, 2009
Bill Bryson
Year 2009Episode 360 min

Bill Bryson

Anglophile travel writer Bill Bryson, whose books include The Lost Continent and Notes From a Small Island, chats to Mark Lawson about how a boy from Iowa who dropped out of college has ended up as Chancellor of Durham University. He also discusses how he shares the British sense of humour, his techniques for tackling litter louts and his childhood superpowers.
Jan 25, 2009
Sir Antony Sher
Year 2009Episode 460 min

Sir Antony Sher

Antony Sher is a renowned actor, writer and artist. He chats to Mark Lawson about growing up as a white South African, working with his partner Gregory Doran, and failing drama school auditions.
Feb 15, 2009
Mike Leigh
Year 2009Episode 560 min

Mike Leigh

Film director Mike Leigh talks to Mark Lawson about his life and career. He talks about collaborative creative processes and why he doesn't want to work with Hollywood stars.
Apr 19, 2009
Ian Hislop
Year 2009Episode 660 min

Ian Hislop

Private Eye editor Ian Hislop discusses his role as a satirist with Mark Lawson. He talks about the importance of Christianity to him and his years in Have I Got News For You?
May 9, 2009
William Boyd
Year 2009Episode 760 min

William Boyd

Author and screenwriter William Boyd talks about his life and work, reflecting on how his upbringing has shaped his writing's themes, which include identity and its loss.
Aug 30, 2009
Richard Wilson
Year 2009Episode 860 min

Richard Wilson

Mark Lawson talks to the actor and director Richard Wilson, best known for playing Victor Meldrew in One Foot in the Grave, about his life and work.
Sep 30, 2009
Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Year 2009Episode 960 min

Sir Ranulph Fiennes

Mark Lawson talks to explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes about his life's work, as Fiennes reveals the ingredients behind his incredible determination and exploits.
Nov 14, 2009
Jane Horrocks
Year 2009Episode 1060 min

Jane Horrocks

In a revealing interview, actress Jane Horrocks - famous for Little Voice and as Bubble in Ab Fab - discusses her life and explores how gender and age can affect career longevity.
Nov 22, 2009
Imelda Staunton
Year 2009Episode 1160 min

Imelda Staunton

Actress Imelda Staunton talks to Mark Lawson about her life and career, from her early ambitions to become an actress to her role on the West End stage in Entertaining Mr Sloane.
Nov 29, 2009
Alan Bennett
Year 2009Episode 1260 min

Alan Bennett

Author, actor, humorist and playwright Alan Bennett talks to Mark Lawson about his life and career.
Dec 6, 2009
A.S. Byatt
Year 2009Episode 1360 min

A.S. Byatt

Mark Lawson talks to AS Byatt after her Man Booker Prize nomination for her novel The Children's Book. Byatt talks about her passion for literature and how she has managed to combine family life with the solitary world of a writer.
Dec 13, 2009

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