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The Hollywood Greats

1977–2006, English, on BBC One.

Hollywood Greats was a BBC Television series, which began in 1977. The film critic Barry Norman wrote and narrated a series of in depth profiles on major Hollywood film personalities, in which he interviewed surviving associates. He later made a series called British Greats in 1980. A series of books, entitled The Hollywood Greats, The Movie Greats and The British Greats, which were authored by Norman were subsequently published. A series of the same name was later presented by Jonathan Ross from 1999 to 2006.

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Seasons
7
Episodes
30
Episode length
40 min
Status
Ended in 2006

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First aired
4 August 1977
Last aired
18 April 2006
Network
BBC One
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
Type
Documentary
hollywood history

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