The Interviews. Copyright: North One Television
The Interviews

The Interviews

  • TV documentary
  • Gold
  • 2015 - 2016
  • 12 episodes (2 series)

A series profiling comedians via their chat show appearances. Features Dawn French and Tamsin Greig.

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Series 2, Episode 1 - Peter Sellers

The Interviews. Copyright: North One Television
The fascinating life story of Peter Sellers, who became famous on radio as one of The Goons, and then in the movies too.

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The fascinating life story of Peter Sellers, the man of a thousand voices, who became famous on radio as one of The Goons, and then in the movies, where comic creations like Inspector Clouseau brought him international stardom.

Combining some remarkably frank interviews with hilarious and revealing archive material, much of it filmed by Sellers himself, the programme is a retrospective of Peter's career and private life told in his own words.

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 16th March 2016
Time
10pm
Channel
Gold
Length
60 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Saturday 19th March 2016 7:00pm Gold
Sunday 20th March 2016 8:00pm Gold
Tuesday 22nd March 2016 7:00pm Gold
Wednesday 11th May 2016 9:40pm Gold
Saturday 9th July 2016 3:20pm Gold
Friday 24th November 2017 10:00pm Yesterday
Sunday 19th May 2019 10:00am Gold
Thursday 11th July 2019 7:40am Gold
Thursday 11th July 2019 8:05am Gold
Sunday 11th August 2019 8:35am Gold
Sunday 1st September 2019 7:45am Gold
Saturday 7th September 2019 7:10am Gold
Sunday 8th September 2019 7:15am Gold
Saturday 1st February 2020 3:10am Gold
Monday 23rd November 2020 1:50am Gold
Thursday 28th January 2021 2:55am Gold
Saturday 12th June 2021 8:35am Gold
Sunday 19th September 2021 2:35am Gold
Monday 27th September 2021 2:40am Gold
Friday 1st October 2021 1:10am Gold
Monday 11th September 2023 2:00am Gold
Friday 3rd November 2023 3:00am Gold
Sunday 21st January 2024 2:45am Gold

Cast & crew

Cast
Tamsin Greig Narrator
Guest cast
Peter Sellers Self (Archive Material)
Production team
Mike Williams Series Producer
John Quinn Executive Producer
Iain Coyle Executive Producer
Matt Loughlin Editor

Videos

Peter Sellers heart attack

Peter Sellers discussing his heart attack and 'death'.

Peter Sellers home video footage

Some home video footage filmed by Peter Sellers, featuring his son Michael.

Press

While Gold's new scripted comedy output remains unremarkable, its archive programming continues to impress, with welcome repeats of autobiographical series Comic Roots supplemented by this second series assembling interview footage of comedy royalty. Tonight's opener allows comedic chameleon Peter Sellers to tell his own tale by way of said interview footage, permitting a peek behind the curtain at the inspirations shaping his storied career, and the insecurities entangled in his tempestuous private life.

Mark Gibbings-Jones, The Guardian, 16th March 2016

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