Barbara Windsor
Barbara Windsor Celebrates...

Barbara Windsor Celebrates...

  • Radio factual
  • BBC Radio 2
  • 2017
  • 4 episodes (1 series)

Barbara Windsor looks back on some entertainment favourites.

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Series 1, Episode 1 - Sir Norman Wisdom

Barbara Windsor celebrates the life of Sir Norman Wisdom.

Further details

Norman Wisdom fought his way up from grinding poverty to become the leading British box-office star of his generation. His series of films for The Rank Organisation from 1953 to 1966, featured his hapless character Norman Pitkin "The Gump" and broke box-office records around the world, particularly in Albania, where he is still much loved.

Norman conquered America, on Broadway and in the movies and back home, his later TV appearances included Last Of The Summer Wine and Coronation Street as well as a moving dramatic role in Going Gently, set in a cancer ward. Norman finally retired from acting at the age of 90.

New interviews include: Denis Norden, Todd Carty, Biographer Richard Dacre, Last Of The Summer Wine director Alan J.W. Bell, Johnny Mans, Russell Davies, Norman's daughter Jackie and son Nick, Entela Gjika (Charge d'Affaires of the Albanian Embassy in the UK), Bob Sinfield and from the archive, Sir Norman Wisdom himself.

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 3rd January 2017
Time
10pm
Channel
BBC Radio 2
Length
60 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Barbara Windsor Host / Presenter
Guest cast
Denis Norden Self
Russell Davies Self
Johnny Mans Self
Alan J. W. Bell Self
Todd Carty Self
Richard Dacre Self
Jaqui Wisdom Self
Nicholas Wisdom Self
Entela Gjika Self
Bob Sinfield Self
Norman Wisdom (as Sir Norman Wisdom) Self (Archive Material)
Production team
Graham Pass Producer

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