Season 32 (1994)
Episodes: 20
Star Cast:
Episodes List
Ep.1 The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
Air Date: 1994-10-11
Ep.2 Doris Lessing: A Part of Me
Air Date: 1994-10-18
Ep.3 Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
Air Date: 1994-10-25
Ep.4 About Face
Air Date: 1994-11-01
Ep.5 The Trials of Dominick Dunne
Air Date: 1994-11-08
Ep.6 Pink Floyd: The Story
Air Date: 1994-11-15
A look back at the band's 30 year career.
Ep.7 Henri Cartier-Bresson: Question for a Question
Air Date: 1994-11-22
Ep.8 Stevenson's Travels 1
Air Date: 1994-11-29
First part of a two part doc on Robert Louis Stevenson, tracing his life from his childhood in Edinburgh through teenage travels with his father to his time as a wild student in Edinburgh.
Ep.9 Stevenson's Travels 2
Air Date: 1994-12-06
Part 2 covers last 14 years of his life and work, including his return to America, touring the South Pacific, and settling in Samoa. Also a newly discovered 1940's interview with step-daughter Belle Strong.
Ep.10 The Greatest Living Painter: De Kooning
Air Date: 1995-02-21
Documentary about abstract expressionist artist Willem de Kooning. This explores his late work and the allegations that they have been kept off the market to inflate their value.
Ep.11 Carnival: The Biggest Party in the World
Air Date: 1995-02-28
Ep.12 Joshua Bell
Air Date: 1995-03-07
Ep.13 Ready When You Are, Mr Patel
Air Date: 1995-03-14
Ep.14 Darker Than Blue: Curtis Mayfield
Air Date: 1995-03-21
Soul legend Curtis Mayfield talks to writer Caryl Phillips about his life, career and contribution to the Civil Rights Movement in America. Program includes archive footage and contributions from family, friends and colleagues.
Ep.15 Jean Renoir: From La Belle Epoque to WW1
Air Date: 1995-04-04
Ep.16 Jean Renoir: Hollywood & Beyond
Air Date: 1995-04-11
Ep.17 Perry & Croft: The Sitcoms
Air Date: 1995-04-18
A look at the work of television comedy writers David Croft and Jimmy Perry, featuring interviews with the men themselves, the many stars of the shows they created and other famous admirers.
Ep.18 Divas
Air Date: 1995-04-25
Ep.19 Ginger Rogers: A Tribute
Air Date: 1995-04-30
Hollywood star Ginger Rogers, who died at her California home on 25 April, began her career as a teenage vaudeville dancer and became the world's highest paid film actress. Above all, she is remembered for her dancing partnership with Fred Astaire. This film, screened as an Omnibus special on 30 April, shortly after her death, looks at how the legendary musicals were made, with anecdotes by Ginger herself, and clips from Astaire's last television interview.