Writing
Behind the Screen. Carla Lane. Video, 8 minutes
Nell Mullarkey meets the highly successful comedy writer Carla Lane. (1989)
- AttributionBBC Two
- Available for over a year
African Perspective. Nigerian Author Chinua Achebe. Audio, 31 minutes
On writing fiction and children's books, Nigerian politics and religion
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Strange Affair of... Frankenstein. Video, 30 minutes
Robert Symes investigates the background to Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. (1986)
- AttributionBBC
- Available for over a year
Pablo Neruda. Audio, 28 minutes
Son of a railway worker, Nobel prize winner, observer extraordinaire, and a man of hope
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Tonight. Dame Rebecca West. Video, 20 minutes
The writer Dame Rebecca West in conversation with Ludovic Kennedy. (1976)
- AttributionBBC
- Available for over a year
Success Story: Gore Vidal. Video, 29 minutes
Gore Vidal talks about the ironies of succeeding in a world that he delights in attacking.
- AttributionBBC One
- Available for 28 days
Daphne du Maurier Talks to Wilfred De'Ath. Video, 50 minutes
Author Daphne du Maurier is interviewed in her Cornwall home by Wilfred De'Ath.
- AttributionBBC Four
- Available for over a year
Intimations. John le Carre. Video, 30 minutes
John le Carre talks about his writing and the main influences on his work. (1966)
- AttributionBBC
- Available for over a year
Face to Face. Original, Dame Edith Sitwell. Video, 28 minutes
John Freeman talks to poet and critic Dame Edith Sitwell about her life and work. (1959)
- AttributionBBC
- Available for over a year
Monitor. A Poet in London. Video, 12 minutes
John Betjeman is filmed at different London locations reciting his poems. (1959)
- AttributionBBC
- Available for over a year
