Charlie Chaplin
Great Lives - Charlie Chaplin
- Radio documentary
- BBC Radio 4
- 2018
- 1 episode
Mark Steel talks about Charlie Chaplin. Also features Matthew Parris and Simon Louvish.
- Repeated Thursday 23rd December at 6:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
Key details
- Genre
- Documentary
- Broadcast
- 2018
- Channels
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 1
- Features
- Matthew Parris, Mark Steel, Simon Louvish and Charlie Chaplin
- Producer
- Perminder Khatkar
- Companies
Mark Steel makes the case for Charlie Chaplin being one of the most radical comedians of his time. He reckons it's sad that most see Chaplin as that bloke who wore a bowler hat, had a funny walk, waved a cane around and wasn't even that funny. Mark argues that Charlie Chaplin's silent films and his "Tramp" character make sense if you look at the upheavals in society that were occurring alongside his career.
Mark says that while Chaplin was standing up for the working class, the irony was that he became the richest rebel. Also joining Mark Steel is Simon Louvish author of Chaplin: The Tramps Odyssey.
This is an episode from Series 47 of the long-running Radio 4 strand.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 25th December 2018 at 4:30pm on BBC Radio 4
- Episode length
- 30 minutes
- Next repeats
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- Thursday 23rd December at 6:30pm on Radio 4 Extra
- Friday 24th December at 12:30am on Radio 4 Extra
- All previous repeats
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