The Interviews
- TV documentary
- U&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 2, Episode 1 - Peter Sellers
Further details
The fascinating life story of Peter Sellers, the man of a thousand voices, who became famous on radio as one of The Goons, and then in the movies, where comic creations like Inspector Clouseau brought him international stardom.
Combining some remarkably frank interviews with hilarious and revealing archive material, much of it filmed by Sellers himself, the programme is a retrospective of Peter's career and private life told in his own words.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 16th March 2016
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- U&Gold
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Tamsin Greig | Narrator |
| Peter Sellers | Self (Archive Material) |
| Mike Williams | Series Producer |
| John Quinn | Executive Producer |
| Iain Coyle | Executive Producer |
| Matt Loughlin | Editor |
Videos
Peter Sellers heart attack
Peter Sellers discussing his heart attack and 'death'.
Peter Sellers home video footage
Some home video footage filmed by Peter Sellers, featuring his son Michael.
Press
While Gold's new scripted comedy output remains unremarkable, its archive programming continues to impress, with welcome repeats of autobiographical series Comic Roots supplemented by this second series assembling interview footage of comedy royalty. Tonight's opener allows comedic chameleon Peter Sellers to tell his own tale by way of said interview footage, permitting a peek behind the curtain at the inspirations shaping his storied career, and the insecurities entangled in his tempestuous private life.
Mark Gibbings-Jones, The Guardian, 16th March 2016