The Interviews
- TV documentary
- Gold
- 2015 - 2016
- 12 episodes (2 series)
A series profiling comedians via their chat show appearances. Features Dawn French and Tamsin Greig.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 6 - Spike Milligan
The Interviews turns to comic genius Spike Milligan, telling the story of his life and career in his own words.
Further details
Spike Milligan was a truly unique comic genius who broke new ground with his brand of eccentric humour.
Thanks to legendary series like The Goon Show on radio and Q on television, Spike became one of the country's most surreal, influential and beloved comedy performers. But away from the camera or microphone, life was a different story and a combination of his career-spanning chat show appearances, interviews and performance archive tells his story in his words.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 29th July 2015
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Gold
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Dawn French | Narrator |
| Spike Milligan | Self (Archive Material) |
| Michael Parkinson | Self (Archive Material) |
| Russell Harty | Self (Archive Material) |
| Terry Wogan | Self (Archive Material) |
| Des O'Connor | Self (Archive Material) |
| Cliff Michelmore | Self (Archive Material) |
| Joanna Lumley | Self (Archive Material) |
| James Whale | Self (Archive Material) |
| Huw Wheldon | Self (Archive Material) |
| Michael Barrymore | Self (Archive Material) |
| Clive James | Self (Archive Material) |
| Mike Williams | Series Producer |
| John Quinn | Executive Producer |
| Iain Coyle | Executive Producer |
| Sean Doherty | Executive Producer |
| Nigel Alred | Edit Producer |
| Dan Ablett | Editor |