Season 4 (1989)

Anthony Burgess
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March 21, 1989 • 30m

In the first of an occasional series of revivals of the classic television interview, Anthony Burgess talks to Jeremy Isaacs. Stir...Read more

Merce Cunningham
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April 5, 1989

At the age of 70, Cunningham is perhaps the world's best-known choreographer of modern dance. Since 1953, when he founded his own ...Read more

David Hare
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May 16, 1989

In the revival of a classic television interview format, Jeremy Isaacs talks to playwright and film director David Hare. From Knuc...Read more

George Steine
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May 31, 1989

In a revival of the classic television format, Jeremy Isaacs interviews George Steiner, one of Europe's most eloquent intellectuals.

JG Ballard
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November 7, 1989 • 30m

The author of Empire of the Sun and Crash discusses the realities he has created through his work and their interaction with the e...Read more

Oliver Sacks
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January 24, 1990 • 29m

Jeremy Isaacs talks to American neurologist Oliver Sacks, author of Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. In thi...Read more

Roger Corman
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May 24, 1990 • 40m

Jeremy Isaacs comes face to face with Roger Corman , maker of over 200 'B' movies with titles like Gods of Shark Reef and The Man ...Read more

Professor Hans Eysenck
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October 16, 1990 • 38m

Jeremy Isaacs comes Face to Face with one of the world's most influential and controversial psychologists, Professor Hans Eysenck.

Sir David Attenborough
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June 17, 1991

David Attenborough, television presenter and pioneer of natural history programmes, is Face to Face with Jeremy Isaacs.

Merce Cunningham
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June 18, 1991

American choreographer Merce Cunningham is Face to Face with Jeremy Isaacs.

Edmund White
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June 19, 1991

American gay writer Edmund White is Face to Face with Jeremy Isaacs.

George Steiner
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June 20, 1991

Writer and intellectual George Steiner is Face to Face with Jeremy Isaacs.

Sir Peter Hall
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September 22, 1993

Jeremy Isaacs talks to one of the great figures of contemporary British theatre.

Martin Amis
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October 28, 1993

Novelist Martin Amis, author of Money and London Fields, comes face to face with Jeremy Isaacs.

David Hockney
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November 10, 1993

Painter David Hockney talks to Jeremy Isaacs.

Kirk Douglas
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December 13, 1993

Hollywood actor Kirk Douglas, star of Spartacus and Lust for Life, comes face to face with Jeremy Isaacs.

Steven Spielberg
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January 31, 1994

One of the most successful film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg, talks about his career with Jeremy Isaacs.

Billy Connolly
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February 28, 1994

For decades Billy Connolly has been one of Britain's most popular comedians. Tonight he talks to Jeremy Isaacs about stand-up come...Read more

V.S. Naipaul
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May 16, 1994

A rare television interview with one of Britain's greatest writers, V.S. Naipaul. Best known for his novels A House for Mr Biswas,...Read more

Maya Angelou
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June 6, 1994

he black American writer Maya Angelou won international acclaim with the publication of the first volume of her autobiography "I K...Read more

Jeanette Winterson
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June 28, 1994

Jeremy Isaacs talks to award-winning writer Jeanette Winterson, who discusses her love of writing and reflects on the ways in whic...Read more

Ken Loach
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September 19, 1994

Jeremy Isaacs comes Face to Face with Ken Loach, one of Britain's best known and most provocative film-makers, who talks about his...Read more

Salman Rushdie
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September 20, 1994

Novelist Salman Rushdie talks to Jeremy Isaacs.

Allen Ginsberg
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January 9, 1995

In his occasional interview series for The Late Show, Jeremy Isaacs meets US beat generation poet Allen Ginsberg , who describes ...Read more

Arthur Miller
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February 13, 1995

Jeremy Isaacs interviews American playwright Arthur Miller, as his latest play Broken Glass transfers to London's West End and A V...Read more

Ken Dodd
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March 13, 1995

Knotty Ash 's most famous son, comedian Ken Dodd , talks to Jeremy Isaacs about his career and his analytical approach to comedy. See today's choices.

Lauren Bacall
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March 20, 1995

First transmitted in 1995, Jeremy Isaacs delves into the life of Hollywood legend Lauren Bacall, who became a movie star instantly...Read more

Anthony Hopkins
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September 18, 1995

In tonight's first in a new series of in-depth interviews, Jeremy Isaacs comes face to face with Oscar-winning actor Anthony Hopkins.

John Berger
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October 2, 1995

John Berger, author of A Seventh Man and Ways of Seeing, faces questions from Jeremy Isaacs about his life and career. He talks ab...Read more

Stephen Sondheim
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October 9, 1995

Jeremy Isaacs talks to composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim about his work - which includes West Side Story, Follies and Sweeney...Read more

Martha Gellhorn
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October 16, 1995

Jeremy Isaacs talks to Martha Gellhorn, journalist, novelist and one of the great war correspondents of the century.

Norman Mailer
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October 23, 1995

Jeremy Isaacs talks to Norman Mailer, one of America's leading novel and non-fiction writers, whose personal life, as well as his ...Read more

Paul Eddington
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October 30, 1995

Jeremy Isaacs talks to actor Paul Eddington about his eminent career in both television and the theatre, and his battle against skin cancer.

Germaine Greer
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November 6, 1995

Jeremy Isaacs talks to feminist writer Germaine Greer. Last in the series.