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Dateline:
20th October, 2002
Pinter At The BBC
The BBC is to present a major series of programmes on Harold Pinter,
called Pinter At The BBC, from 26th October to 15th November.
The tribute will not be confined to TV or even just one channel, but
will air on BBC2, BBC4 (the new digital station), and Radios 3 and 4.
There is also a mini-website devoted to Pinter, online now, at http://www.bbc.co.uk/pinter/.
This is the biggest tribute ever given by the BBC to a living writer
and Pinter says that he is delighted to be around to see it, for her
was diagnosed as having cancer of the throat earlier this year and has
just been given the all-clear.
Documentaries
Arena: Harold Pinter
BBC2 :Saturday 26 October: Part 1 8pm-9pm; Part 2 10.30pm-11.30pm
Definitive two-part biography explores Harold Pinter's life, work and
political passions.
Politics & Pinter
BBC2 : Wednesday 30 October 10pm-11.05pm
An examination of his political thoughts and opinions.
TV Premieres
The Dwarfs
BBC4 : Thursday 7 November 10pm-11.40pm
Screen premiere of this intriguing early work, adapted from his first
and only novel.
One for the Road
BBC2 : Saturday 26 October 11.30pm-midnight; repeated on BBC4 : Wednesday
30 October 11.05pm-11.35pm
Pinter gives a devastating performance in his most recent major stage
role, filmed last year in London.
The Room
BBC4 : Tuesday 5 November 10pm-10.55pm
The Almeida's revival of Pinter's first play stars Henry Woolf who was
also in the original 1957 production at Bristol University.
Celebration
BBC4 : Friday 8 November 10pm-10.45pm
Pinter's latest play, presented at the Almeida Theatre and directed
by Pinter himself. Cast includes Keith Allen and Lindsay Duncan.
Pinter Classics
No Man's Land
BBC4 : 9pm-10.30pm
Comedy starring John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson.
Old Times
BBC4 : Monday 28 October 10pm-11.15pm
The Basement
BBC4 : Thursday 31 October 10pm-11.15pm
Harold Pinter stars.
Landscape
BBC4 : Friday 1 November 11.05pm-11.45pm
With Ian Holm and Penelope Wilton.
The Dumb Waiter
BBC4 : Saturday 2 November 10pm-10.50pm
The Collection
BBC4 : Friday 1 November 10pm-11.05pm
Laurence Olivier, Alan Bates, Malcolm MacDowell and Helen Mirren star.
The Lover
BBC4 : Sunday 3 November 10pm-11pm.
The Birthday Party
BBC4 : Monday 4 November 10pm-11.50pm
This 1987 production stars Kenneth Cranham as the lodger whose birthday
party turns into a nightmare.
Feature Films
The Homecoming (1973)
BBC4 : Sunday 27 October 10pm-11.45pm
Ian Holm returns to the role he created in the original stage version
of Pinter's play about a professor who finds himself prey to old conflicts.
Peter Hall directs.
The Caretaker (1962)
BBC4 : Tuesday 29 October 10pm-11.45pm
Clive Donner directs Alan Bates, Robert Shaw and Donald Pleasance in
the play that established Pinter's reputation.
Accident (1966)
BBC4 : Wednesday 6 November 10pm-11.45pm
Pinter's adaptation of Nicholas Mosley's novel stars Dirk Bogarde as
an insecure Oxford don who embarks on web of adulterous affairs.
The Servant (1963)
BBC Four : Saturday 9 November 10pm-11.50pm
Dirk Bogarde and James Fox star in Joseph Losey's chilling classic about
a valet who subtly takes control over his master.
BBC Radio
Night Waves - Pinter Moments
Radio 3: Monday 28 October-Friday 8 November 9.30pm-10.15pm
The nightly arts and culture programme runs a series of short interviews
with some of Pinter's closest colleagues, colloborators and admirers.
The Birthday Party
Radio 4: Saturday 2 November
Charles Lefeaux directs Pinter's classic play, first broadcast in 1970.
A Slight Ache
Radio 4: Friday 15 November
Recorded in 2000 this classic radio play stars Harold Pinter and Jill
Johnson.
Index
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Index G-K
Index L-Q
Index R-Z
News
Archive A-L
News Archive M-Z
Production News Archive
Please note that all three Archive
indices are very long and will therefore take some time to download.
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