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What are the secrets of our favourite TV shows? Famous names from both sides of the camera reflect on making some of the most popular and influential programmes of all time.
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1.Jeanette Winterson Remembers... Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
29-06-2022Jeanette Winterson looks back on the iconic drama series Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1989).

2.Bernard Hill Remembers... Boys from the Blackstuff
06-07-2022Bernard Hill looks back on the iconic drama series Boys from the Blackstuff (1982).

3.Colin Baker Remembers… The Roads to Freedom
29-07-202211mColin Baker looks back on one of his earliest TV roles and discusses the significance of acclaimed 13-part drama series 'The Roads to Freedom', which is being shown on television f...

4.Hanif Kureishi Remembers… The Buddha of Suburbia
17-08-202210mWriter Hanif Kureishi looks back on how his semi-autobiographical novel The Buddha of Suburbia became one of the defining BBC dramas of the 1990s. He discusses the ways in which it...

5.Moira Armstrong and Vivien Heilbron Remember… Sunset Song
31-08-202211mActor Vivien Heilbron and director Moira Armstrong look back on the 1971 BBC Scotland drama Sunset Song, based on Lewis Grassic Gibbon's classic novel. Together, the friends discus...

6.Christopher Eccleston Remembers… Our Friends in the North
14-09-202212mTo mark the rescreening of Our Friends in the North, as part of the BBC’s centenary celebrations, Christopher Eccleston looks back on Peter Flannery’s acclaimed 1996 drama. Followi...

7.Kenneth Branagh Remembers… Billy Plays
05-10-202212mKenneth Branagh looks back on his experiences working on the first major production of his career: Graham Reid’s Billy Plays trilogy. The three Play for Today dramas won great prai...

8.David Harewood Remembers… A Man from the Sun
19-10-202212mActor David Harewood shares his impressions of John Elliot’s game-changing 1956 BBC drama, which explored the challenges and racism encountered by Windrush immigrants from the West...

9.Siân Phillips Remembers… How Green Was My Valley
02-11-202210mAward-winning actress Siân Phillips takes a look back at the BBC’s landmark 1975 adaptation of Richard Llewellyn’s classic novel How Green Was My Valley. Siân’s role as Beth, the m...

10.Michael Dobbs Remembers… House of Cards
16-11-202211mAuthor, politician and member of the House of Lords Michael Dobbs looks back on the TV drama that had 90s Britain hooked on political intrigue and infighting. Based on his best-sel...

11.Alison Steadman Remembers… The Singing Detective
30-11-202212mAlison Steadman looks back at Dennis Potter’s The Singing Detective, hailed as one of the most important and influential TV dramas ever made, and once described by Stephen King as...

12.Joe McFadden Remembers… The Crow Road
14-12-202211mConsidered one of the finest TV adaptations of a novel ever made for television, BBC Scotland’s The Crow Road was first broadcast in 1996, four years after the publication of Iain...

13.Peter Kosminsky Remembers… Wolf Hall
19-12-202215mWolf Hall, one of the most critically acclaimed television dramas of recent years, was based on the first two of the late Hilary Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell novels and brought togethe...

14.Richard Wilson Remembers… Tutti Frutti
26-12-202211mIt’s a trip down rock 'n' roll’s memory lane for Richard Wilson as he recalls his role as manager of The Majestics in John Byrne’s 1987 acclaimed TV drama series Tutti Frutti. When...
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