The Hollywood Greats

Overview

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.

Series details

First air date

1977

Last air date

2006

Status

Ended

Seasons

7

Episodes

30

Episode runtime

40 min

Genres

Documentary

Original language

EN

Origin country

GB

Networks

BBC One

Cast

Jonathan Ross

Self - Presenter

Shelley Winters

Cast member

Gene Hackman

Cast member

Alan Rickman

Cast member

Maureen O'Hara

Cast member

Daryl Hannah

Cast member