Dear John: A Tribute To John Wells
- TV documentary
- BBC Two
- 1998
- 1 episode
A tribute to John Wells, satirist and author of Private Eye's "Dear Bill" letters. Features John Fortune, Rory Bremner, Jerry Hall, John Bird, Craig Brown and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Documentary
- Broadcast
- 1998
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Episodes
- 1
- Features
- John Fortune, Rory Bremner, Jerry Hall, John Bird, Craig Brown, Richard Ingrams, Candida Lycett Green, Nicholas Soames and more
- Directors
- Angela O'Leary
- Producers
- Paul Reizin and Tony Moss
- Company
This profile of the man who immortalised Denis Thatcher in Private Eye's "Dear Bill" letters features a portrait of Wells as a family man from wife Teresa and daughter Dolly. Those paying tribute to his multi-talented public aspect are Private Eye editors past and present Richard Ingrams and Ian Hislop, model Jerry Hall, actress Diana Rigg, playwrights and novelists Tom Stoppard and John Mortimer, impressionist Rory Bremner and satirists John Fortune and John Bird.
Additional details
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 24th December 1998 at 8:40pm on BBC Two
- Episode length
- 50 minutes