Episode guide
Remembers…: 2023
28 episodes · premiered Jan 2, 2023
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- Episode 1: Michael Jayston Remembers... Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Jan 2, 2023 Michael Jayston looks back on the acclaimed drama series Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979).
- Episode 2: Glenda Jackson Remembers... Elizabeth R Mar 29, 2023 Double Oscar winner Glenda Jackson remembers the role that brought her back to television after the huge success she had found on the big screen.
- Episode 3: Duncan Preston Remembers... Pat and Margaret May 17, 2023 Actor Duncan Preston introduces Victoria Wood's comedy drama about two ill-matched sisters.
- Episode 4: Stephen Poliakoff Remembers… She's Been Away Jun 21, 2023 · 12m Stephen Poliakoff introduces his drama about an unexpected pact between two women.
- Episode 5: Gyles Brandreth Remembers… Hinge and Bracket Jul 11, 2023 · 14m Gyles Brandreth remembers the comedy and musical duo Hinge and Bracket.
- Episode 6: Alan Bennett Remembers… An Englishman Abroad Jul 12, 2023 · 13m Alan Bennett remembers his 1983 television drama, based on the true story of a chance meeting in Moscow between actress Coral Browne and British defector Guy Burgess.
- Episode 7: Zoë Wanamaker Remembers… Bowie and Baal Jul 26, 2023 · 10m Zoë Wanamaker remembers the 1982 BBC adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s first play, Baal, in which she appeared with David Bowie.
- Episode 8: Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice Remember… Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Aug 1, 2023 · 29m It’s now 50 years since we first met and fell for accident-prone Frank Spencer and his long-suffering wife Betty in the very first episode of Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em. In all that time…
- Episode 9: Martin Amis, Money and Memories with William Boyd Aug 2, 2023 · 13m Novelist William Boyd looks back on his long friendship with fellow writer Martin Amis, who died in May 2023 at the age of 73. Boyd’s focus is on what many consider to be Martin’s most…
- Episode 10: Sir Derek Jacobi Remembers… I, Claudius Aug 16, 2023 · 14m Sir Derek Jacobi remembers the landmark 1976 TV series I, Claudius.
- Episode 11: Edward Heath Remembered by Michael Cockerell Sep 11, 2023 · 14m Award-winning documentary maker Michael Cockerell is a master of the political profile, with a reputation for uncovering the human side of the men and women of Westminster and for really…
- Episode 12: Amanda Burton Remembers… Silent Witness Sep 13, 2023 · 14m Contains some upsetting scenes. When the BBC’s long-running Silent Witness first combined doctors, DNA and detective work back in 1996, nobody could have known that the show that changed…
- Episode 13: Barbara Castle Remembered by Michael Cockerell Sep 18, 2023 · 14m Acclaimed political profiler Michael Cockerell tells the story behind his encounter with one of the grand dames of Westminster, the formidable Labour MP Barbara Castle. A female icon of…
- Episode 14: Jed Mercurio Remembers… Cardiac Arrest Sep 20, 2023 · 12m Line of Duty writer Jed Mercurio looks back on the first drama he wrote and the start of his extraordinary journey from junior doctor to award-winning TV showrunner. The acclaimed 1994…
- Episode 15: Roy Jenkins Remembered by Michael Cockerell Sep 25, 2023 · 13m Political interviewer Michael Cockerell introduces his acclaimed profile of Roy Jenkins, the man who, as home secretary in the 1960s, helped transform British society by changing laws on…
- Episode 16: David Tennant Remembers… Hamlet Oct 1, 2023 · 16m David Tennant looks back on the role he time-travelled into after leaving the Tardis, playing Hamlet in Greg Doran’s award-winning 2008 production for the Royal Shakespeare Company…
- Episode 17: Dame Janet Suzman Remembers… The Wars of the Roses Oct 1, 2023 · 12m Dame Janet Suzman looks back on her role as Joan of Arc in the BBC adaptations of Shakespeare’s Wars of the Roses. Under the direction of John Barton and Peter Hall at the Royal…
- Episode 18: Gregory Doran Remembers… Shakespeare Live! From the RSC Oct 8, 2023 · 14m Gregory Doran, former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, looks back on the challenges he faced bringing together a cast of acclaimed actors and even members of the royal…
- Episode 19: Sir Simon Russell Beale Remembers… The Hollow Crown Oct 14, 2023 · 14m Actor Simon Russell Beale looks back on the The Hollow Crown, the BBC’s 2012 adaptations of the most vital of Shakespeare’s history plays: Richard II, Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2 and…
- Episode 20: Damian Lewis, Matthew Macfadyen & Peter Kosminsky Remember… Warriors Oct 18, 2023 · 29m Actors Damian Lewis and Matthew Macfayden and director Peter Kosminsky reunite to look back on 1999’s BBC drama Warriors and the roles that first set Lewis and Macfayden on the road to…
- Episode 21: Hugh Quarshie Remembers… Othello Oct 22, 2023 · 14m Hugh Quarshie looks back on his highly praised interpretation of Othello in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2015 production, directed by Iqbal Khan. He considers the extra responsibility a…
- Episode 22: Dame Helen Mirren Remembers… As You Like It Oct 29, 2023 · 13m Dame Helen Mirren looks back on one of her earliest television roles, filmed before she’d become a household name and international star, playing Rosalind in the BBC’s 1978 production of…
- Episode 23: Margi Clarke Remembers… Making Out Nov 1, 2023 · 14m Actress Margi Clarke looks back on the BBC’s popular 1980s comedy drama series Making Out, written by Debbie Horsfield. Acclaimed for being a celebration of working women in the north of…
- Episode 24: Steven Berkoff Remembers… Hamlet at Elsinore Nov 5, 2023 · 13m In 1964, a young Steven Berkoff was cast in one of his earliest screen roles, as a junior player in Hamlet in Elsinore, a BBC co-production with Danish television. Shot in Denmark by…
- Episode 25: Sir Richard Eyre Remembers… King Lear Nov 8, 2023 · 16m Award-winning director and screenwriter Sir Richard Eyre looks back on his 2018 production of King Lear, which garnered huge critical acclaim upon its release and drew together a stellar…
- Episode 26: Dame Siân Phillips Remembers… Under Milk Wood Nov 9, 2023 · 11m Dame Siân Phillips looks back on Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood and her own experiences with the various adaptions that have brought perhaps the world’s most celebrated ‘play for voices’…
- Episode 27: Horace Ové Remembered by Indra Ové Dec 17, 2023 · 15m The groundbreaking director, photographer and artist Sir Horace Ové, who died in 2023 aged 86, was best known for his unique work exploring Britain's black culture, using drama and…
- Episode 28: Ricky Tomlinson Remembers… The Royle Family Dec 25, 2023 · 14m Ricky Tomlinson sits back in his chair and takes a fond look back at the much-loved comedy series The Royle Family, sharing his memories of playing head of the family Jim Royle and his…