The South Bank Show · SEASON 9
John Cleese
Episode 10 · 1986-01-12
- Documentary
- Talk
Episode overview
Cleese was silently scripting A Fish Called Wanda at the time this interview was filmed. It is not mentioned in this program. What is mentioned is Cleese's spectrum of work from sketch comedy to industrial training films to therapeutical books. Video clips include sequences from Cleese's classics: At Last the 1948 Show, Monty Python's Flying Circus, and Fawlty Towers.
60 minutes
Season 9 episodes
1. Sir Alec Guinness1985-10-06
2. Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor1985-10-13
3. Ian McKellen, Diary of a Year1985-10-20
4. Theatre of Comedy workshop1985-10-27
5. Pete Townshend: After the Fire1985-11-03
6. Sir Stephen Spender1985-11-10
7. Marguerite Duras1985-11-17
8. Karole Armitage1985-11-24
9. Peter Shaffer1985-12-01
10. John Cleese1986-01-12
11. Vladimir Ashkenazy1986-01-19
12. Paul Schrader1986-01-26
13. Purcell's Dido and Aenaes1986-02-02
14. Patrick Heron1986-02-09
15. Blue Note Records1986-02-16
16. Michala Petri1986-02-23
17. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf1986-03-02
18. Absolute Beginners (film)1986-03-09
19. Arthur Boyd1986-03-23
20. Hal Prince: Rethinking the Musical1986-04-06
21. British Soap Operas1986-04-13
22. Hull Truck Theatre Company1986-04-20
23. Velvet Underground1986-04-27
24. Al Jolson1986-05-04
