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Terry Wogan
Mark Lawson talks to legendary broadcaster Terry Wogan about his life and 50-year career. In this thoughtful interview Terry explores his early years growing up in Ireland, reca ...
27-07-2024
BBC 4
Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin talks to Mark Lawson about his life and work, including how his parents and his younger son, who was born with a rare genetic condition resulting in severe learning d ...
15-06-2024
BBC 4
Alan Bennett
Author, actor, humorist and playwright Alan Bennett talks to Mark Lawson about his life and career.
09-05-2024
BBC 4
Michael Parkinson
The interviewer turns interviewee as Michael Parkinson sits in the guest's chair, talking to Mark Lawson about turning to journalism to avoid life in the Yorkshire coalmines, hi ...
19-02-2024
BBC 4
Sir Anthony Sher
Antony Sher talks to Mark Lawson about growing up as a white South African, working with his partner Gregory Doran and bringing Shakespeare to life.
15-10-2023
BBC 4
Phil Collins
Phil Collins made his name as the drummer and then the lead singer of Genesis, before embarking on a successful solo career with hits including In the Air Tonight. In the 1980s ...
29-09-2023
BBC 4
Martin Amis
Mark Lawson talks to notorious literary bad boy Martin Amis ahead of the BBC dramatisation of his book Money. In this revealing interview, Amis speaks candidly about his relatio ...
06-08-2023
BBC 4
Stephen King
Horror writer Stephen King talks to Mark Lawson about his life and work.
05-01-2023
BBC 4
Barry Cryer
With a comedy career which kicked off in strip clubs, Barry Cryer became a Windmill regular in the 1950s. A brief foray into musicals and the West End stage followed with Expres ...
15-02-2022
BBC 4
Liz Smith
Mark Lawson talks to actress Liz Smith about her life and career. She reflects on her lonely childhood and her days as a single mother struggling to make ends meet as well as he ...
07-12-2021
BBC 4
Richard Wilson
Mark Lawson talks to actor and director Richard Wilson about his life and work. Best known for playing the irascible character of Victor Meldrew in the hit BBC sitcom One Foot i ...
30-11-2021
BBC 4
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Mark Lawson talks to Sanjeev Bhaskar about his background and how it inspired him to turn the British Asian experience into comedy.\n\nMark finds out how he made the incongruous ...
09-11-2021
BBC 4
Born Lippy: Mark Lawson Talks To Jo Brand
Mark Lawson talks to comedian, writer and actress Jo Brand. After a decade working as a psychiatric nurse, Jo turned her hand to comedy in the 1980s and has spent nearly 30 year ...
14-09-2021
BBC 4
Jimmy Mcgovern
Mark Lawson talks to the Emmy and Bafta Award-winning screenwriter Jimmy McGovern about his life and career in television drama. In this insightful interview McGovern shares his ...
20-06-2021
BBC 4
John Le Carre
John le Carre converses with Mark Lawson about his fragmented childhood, life in the diplomatic service, working with Alec Guinness and his book A Most Wanted Man. Le Carre work ...
31-05-2021
BBC 4
David Bailey
In a career spanning more than five decades, photographer David Bailey has captured many of the 20th century's most iconic faces. With his first major solo exhibition at the Nat ...
24-05-2021
BBC 4
Galton And Simpson
Galton and Simpson talk about their famous creations Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son, how they met each other in hospital, and why they stopped working together.
11-03-2021
BBC 4
Dick Clement And Ian La Frenais
Mark Lawson talks to prolific writing duo Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais about their careers, spanning the breakthrough comedy The Likely Lads and Porridge to their latest fora ...
02-03-2021
BBC 4
Diana Rigg
Mark Lawson talks to the revered actress Dame Diana Rigg about her life and 50-year career on stage and screen. In this thoughtful interview she explores her early years in Indi ...
23-12-2020
BBC 4
Galton And Simpson
Galton and Simpson talk about their famous creations Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son, how they met each other in hospital, and why they stopped working together.
17-12-2018
BBC 4
Jonathan Pryce
From princes to professors and cardinals to comedians, star of stage and screen Jonathan Pryce is one of Britain's most versatile actors. Here he talks to Mark Lawson about his ...
24-03-2015
BBC 4
Pd James
Mark Lawson talks to one of Britain's greatest exponents of the detective novel, the late PD James. In this frank discussion she talks about her need to write, the impact that t ...
04-01-2015
BBC 4