British Comedy Guide

"Will The Real Mr Sellers..."

  • TV documentary
  • BBC One
  • 1969
  • 1 episode

A portrait of Peter Sellers, one of the most famous stars in the world. Also features Ringo Starr, Richard Attenborough, Lucille Ball, Lionel Blair, Yul Brynner and more.

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Key details

Genre
Documentary
Broadcast
1969
Channel
BBC 1
Episodes
1
Features
Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Richard Attenborough, Lucille Ball, Lionel Blair, Yul Brynner, Ava Gardner, Laurence Harvey and more
Directors
Denis O'Dell
Producers
Denis O'Dell
Company

A portrait of one of the most famous stars in the world: a man with all the ingredients for the perfect mid-20th-Century life: sometimes funny, sometimes lonely, sometimes angry, sometimes sad.

"He is Mr 20th Century."

Narrated by Spike Milligan and with appearances by Richard Attenborough, Lucille Ball, Lionel Blair, Yul Brynner, Ava Gardner, Laurence Harvey, Paul McCartney, Harvey Orkin, Graham Stark, Ringo Starr and Raquel Welch.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Thursday 18th December 1969 at 9:10pm on BBC One
Episode length
50 minutes

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