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The Film Programme - 23/07/2010

The League Of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss presents the first of his favourite character actors, Ernest Thesiger of Bride Of Frankenstein fame. Produced by Stephen Hughes.

The League Of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss presents the first of his favourite character actors, Ernest Thesiger, the mad scientist in The Bride Of Frankenstein

Matthew Sweet talks to one of the unsung heroines of British cinema - Angela Allen, the script supervisor who spent 30 years by the side of John Huston. She recounts tales of dysentery and whisky drinking on the jungle set of The African Queen, of problems with Marilyn Monroe on her last movie, The Misfits, and Montgomery Clift's troubles with the bottle on Freud.

The star of The Thorn Birds television series, Rachel Ward, tells Matthew why she quit acting and Britain to become a film director in Australia

The child star of Sammy Going South, Fergus McClelland, reveals the reasons why many believed the film was jinxed.

  • Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 11:00PM Sun, 25 Jul 2010
  • Available until 12:00AM Thu, 1 Jan 2099
  • First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 4:30PM Fri, 23 Jul 2010
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  • Duration 30 minutes

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