
TV series
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.
- Seasons
- 7
- Episodes
- 30
- Episode length
- 40 min
- Status
- Ended in 2006
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Latest episode
S7 E3: Marlon Brando
Aired 18 April 2006
Seasons 7
Cast & crew
- Jonathan RossSelf - Presenter · 30 ep
- Tony CurtisSelf (archive footage) · 2 ep
- Shelley WintersCast · 1 ep
- Gene HackmanCast · 1 ep
- Alan RickmanCast · 1 ep
- Maureen O'HaraCast · 1 ep
- Daryl HannahCast · 1 ep
- Martin ScorseseSelf · 1 ep
- Stephen ReaCast · 1 ep
- Michael DouglasCast · 1 ep
- Eli WallachSelf · 1 ep
- Ridley ScottCast · 1 ep
Details
- First aired
- 4 August 1977
- Last aired
- 18 April 2006
- Network
- BBC One
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Documentary
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The Hollywood Greats has 7 seasons and 30 episodes, about 40 minutes each.
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