
Hot off the heels of her Olivier Award win, actress Romola Garai shares her experiences of filming the popular 2009 series Emma. \n\nThe four-part Austen adaptation was a stunning take on a much-loved classic, and Romola looks back on her role as the titular character. Keen to make Emma more relatable and loveable, Romola remembers how she drew on the text to bring Austen’s complicated heroine to life. \n\nRomola looks back on the joy she had filming this sumptuous production, which featured an incredible cast, including Michael Gambon, Tamsin Greig and Jonny Lee Miller, and she explains why Austen remains so firmly in our hearts.
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Michael Palin Remembers Number 27
Michael Palin shares memories of his 1988 screenplay for the drama Number 27 - one of his early post-Python solo ventures and written around the same time as East of Ipswich, wh ...
11-02-2026
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Roy Clarke Remembers Open All Hours
Sitcom writer Sir Roy Clarke looks back on one of his best-loved creations, Open All Hours. \n\nRoy shares his memories of working with two comedy legends: Ronnie Barker, who st ...
10-02-2026
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Trevor Eve, Juliet Stevenson And David Thacker Remember A Doll's House
A behind-the-scenes look back at the BBC's acclaimed 1992 adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House that reunites leading cast members Trevor Eve and Juliet Stephenson and dir ...
08-02-2026
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Richard Eyre Remembers Ibsen
With a career spanning seven decades, acclaimed theatre, film and TV director Richard Eyre has been involved in a number of hugely successful Ibsen productions. His adaptation o ...
18-01-2026
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Mike Leigh Remembers Nuts In May
Mike Leigh, icon of British TV and film, looks back on one of his most popular and influential television plays, 1976's classic camping comedy Nuts in May. The piece helped put ...
10-01-2026
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Christopher Biggins Remembers Rentaghost
Beloved entertainer Christopher Biggins takes a nostalgic look back at his time on the classic BBC comedy Rentaghost. Sharing fond memories of the show’s quirky humour and ...
03-01-2026
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Samuel West Remembers Prunella Scales
Actor Samuel West introduces a special night of BBC programmes that celebrate the life and work of his mother, Prunella Scales, who died aged 93 in October 2025. \n\nReflecting ...
27-12-2025
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Peter Egan And Penelope Wilton Remember Ever Decreasing Circles
Actors Peter Egan and Penelope Wilton look back on their roles as Ann and Paul in the BBC’s 1980s sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles. \n\nCreated by The Good Life writers John ...
24-12-2025
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Michael Palin Remembers East Of Ipswich
Michael Palin recounts the story behind his much-loved drama East of Ipswich, the semi-autobiographical tale that captures how he and Helen, his wife of 57 years, first met whil ...
23-12-2025
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Derek Griffiths Remembers Bod
Derek Griffiths, himself an icon of children's broadcasting, looks back on the 1970s animated series Bod, a cult classic narrated by John Le Mesurier of Dad’s Army fame.\n ...
20-12-2025
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Derek Griffiths Remembers Bod
Derek Griffiths, himself an icon of children's broadcasting, looks back on the 1970s animated series Bod, a cult classic narrated by John Le Mesurier of Dad’s Army fame.\n ...
20-12-2025
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Samuel West Remembers Prunella Scales
Actor Samuel West introduces a special night of BBC programmes that celebrate the life and work of his mother, Prunella Scales, who died aged 93 in October 2025. \n\nReflecting ...
27-12-2025
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Ruth Wilson And Toby Stephens Remember Jane Eyre
The BBC’s 2006 adaption of Jane Austen’s classic novel Jane Eyre was a hit with critics and viewers alike, and brought together actors Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens ...
19-11-2025
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Christopher Biggins Remembers Rentaghost
Beloved entertainer Christopher Biggins takes a nostalgic look back at his time on the classic BBC comedy Rentaghost. Sharing fond memories of the show’s quirky humour and ...
03-01-2026
BBC 4
Michael Palin Remembers East Of Ipswich
Michael Palin recounts the story behind his much-loved drama East of Ipswich, the semi-autobiographical tale that captures how he and Helen, his wife of 57 years, first met whil ...
23-12-2025
BBC 4
Mike Leigh Remembers Nuts In May
Mike Leigh, icon of British TV and film, looks back on one of his most popular and influential television plays, 1976's classic camping comedy Nuts in May. The piece helped put ...
10-01-2026
BBC 4
Alison Steadman Remembers Girl
National treasure Alison Steadman tells the story of one of the most groundbreaking and yet also most overlooked moments in British television. \n\nDespite the popular perceptio ...
08-06-2025
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Richard Eyre Remembers Ibsen
With a career spanning seven decades, acclaimed theatre, film and TV director Richard Eyre has been involved in a number of hugely successful Ibsen productions. His adaptation o ...
18-01-2026
BBC 4
Emma Thompson And Paul Murton Remember The Blue Boy
Emma Thompson and Paul Murton reflect on their shared childhood summers in Scotland and the deep-rooted love of ghost stories that shaped their friendship and creative lives. Th ...
05-11-2025
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Graham Reid Remembers Life After Life
Writer Graham Reid, known for the Billy Plays – a trilogy that starred a young Kenneth Branagh – looks back on his 1995 TV drama Life After Life, a powerful addition ...
12-11-2025
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