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 6 - Kenny Everett
Further details
Kenny Everett was of one of the funniest and most innovative radio and TV entertainers this country has ever known. One of the early pioneers of pirate radio, he blazed a trail on the airwaves with his frantic energy and surreal humour. He went on to conquer television with his ground-breaking and irreverent sketch shows but his humour was often accused of being in bad taste.
His rebellious nature won him many adoring fans but also landed him in hot water on more than one occasion. Whether he was playing one of his outrageous characters or just being himself on a chat show sofa, cuddly Ken was always entertaining and usually causing mayhem. However, lurking behind his cheeky humour was a conflicted man who struggled to come to terms with his homosexuality. He was a creative and technical genius who was light years ahead of his time and he's still revered as one of the great comedy innovators.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 20th April 2016
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- U&Gold
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Tamsin Greig | Narrator |
| Michael Parkinson | Self (Archive Material) |
| Russell Harty | Self (Archive Material) |
| Terry Wogan | Self (Archive Material) |
| Des O'Connor | Self (Archive Material) |
| Mavis Nicholson | Self (Archive Material) |
| Gloria Hunniford | Self (Archive Material) |
| Clive James | Self (Archive Material) |
| Kenny Everett | Self (Archive Material) |
| Janice Long | Self (Archive Material) |
| Bob Monkhouse | Self (Archive Material) |
| Derek Jameson | Self (Archive Material) |
| Mike Williams | Series Producer |
| John Quinn | Executive Producer |
| Iain Coyle | Executive Producer |
| Andrew Phillimore (as Andrew Philimore) | Edit Producer |
| Tom Heaney | Editor |