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Last broadcast on Sun, 1 Aug 2010, 23:00 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Oliver Stone talks to Matthew Sweet about his controversial new documentary South Of The Border. The film, which contains a lengthy interview with Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, has been accused of ducking the issue of human rights in the South American country. Stone mounts a stout defence of his work.
League Of Gentlemen star and the co-creator of BBC's Sherlock Holmes series, Mark Gatiss, salutes another great British character actor, Martita Hunt, aka the chilling Miss Havisham in David Lean's Great Expectations.
Neil Brand traces the origins of kitchen sink realism to 1920s Germany and the silent classic People On Sunday, co-written by Billy Wilder
Matthew meets two unsung heroines of the British cinema, Margaret Matheson and Ann Scott, who have blazed a trail as film producers since the early 80s.
MARK GATISS’ GREAT BRITISH CHARACTER ACTORS
Over six weeks The League Of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss picks six character actors who made the cinema a richer and better place to be, without ever getting their faces on the cover of the Picturegoer.
Martita Hunt
This week Mark celebrates Martita Hunt, who gave life to one of the most Gothic characters on the British screen – Miss Havisham in the David Lean version of Great Expectations.
Oliver Stone
South Of The Border is out now, certificate 15.
Picture credit: Francois Duhamel
Neil Brand
People On Sunday is available on DVD.
Down Terrace is in selected cinemas, certificate 15.
MARGARET MATHESON
Margaret Matheson's production company, Bard Entertainments, can be found via the link below.
Ann Scott
Ann Scott's company, Greenpoint Films, can be contacted via the link below.
Radio 4 Film Collection
Chapters
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Chapter 1
Oliver Stone talks to Matthew Sweet about his controversial documentary South Of The Border.
Broadcasts
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Fri 30 Jul 201016:30
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Sun 1 Aug 201023:00
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