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2 Episodes 2024 - 2024
Episode 1
Celia Imrie tells the story of Glenda Jackson, one of Britain's greatest-ever acting talents and a double Oscar winner, who famously turned her back on her hugely successful screen career to pursue a life in politics. With interviews and rarely seen moments from the BBC's archives, this programme explores Jackson's career to gain insight into the choices and aspirations that drove her over the years. There's also a look at how those famous appearances alongside Morecambe and Wise showed that a world-renowned star, known for her serious roles and strong principles, was still capable of having fun and celebrating the ridiculous side of life.
Episode 2
When Dustin Hoffman first told his family he wanted to act, the response was: 'You can't, you're not good-looking enough.' Despite that initial response, Hoffman went on to become one of Hollywood's biggest stars, and here we look back on a career that started with the huge 1967 hit The Graduate and saw him winning Oscars for Kramer vs Kramer and Rain Man. Moments from interviews conducted on a range of BBC shows over the years help to tell the story of Dustin Hoffman and his films and to build a picture of the man who a director once described as 'one of a kind and he's not one character. There is no Dustin Hoffman. He is many, many people'.