Summary
Season 2 features spliced together interviews of Peter Sellers, Barry Humphries, Frankie Howerd, Julie Walters, Bruce Forsyth and Kenny Everett taken from various TV chat shows.
The Interviews
- Season 2
- 6 episodes
- Arts and culture
Episode 2: Barry Humphries
Summary
In-depth profile of Barry Humphries, one of Australia's most successful comedians, exploring his life story through his career-spanning chat show appearances and those of his larger-than-life alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Les Patterson. The programme offers a revealing look at the man behind the frocks and glasses and shows what it takes to lead a complex double life in the showbiz spotlight. Narrated by Tamsin Greig
Review
There’s a definite void on chat shows these days now that Dame Edna Everage has, apparently, retired. Nobody pricked celebrity and VIP pomp with more aplomb (“Tell me the history of that frock, Judy”). That desire to outrage is eloquently expressed by her Aussie creator, Barry Humphries, in these fab archive interviews.
It’s fun to see the slow transition from dowdy Python Pepperpot to queen wasp in a Mrs Slocombe wig. And from rather dismal patter to the fantastically tart one-liner we know and love today. Unlike Humphries’s other creation, dribbling diplomat Les Patterson, Edna remained somehow “likeable in spite of her offensive bigotries”.
How to watch
Next showing
| channel | time | status |
|---|---|---|
GOLD  | - | |
GOLD HD  | - | |
GOLD +1  | - |
Details
- Languages
- Formats
- Colour | HD | SUB | WIDE
Credits
Crew
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Tamsin Greig |
| Executive producer | John Quinn |
All episodes
Episode 2
Barry Humphries
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In-depth profile of Barry Humphries, one of Australia's most successful comedians, exploring his life story through his career-spanning chat show appearances and those of his larger-than-life alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Les Patterson. The programme offers a revealing look at the man behind the frocks and glasses and shows what it takes to lead a complex double life in the showbiz spotlight. Narrated by Tamsin GreigReview
There’s a definite void on chat shows these days now that Dame Edna Everage has, apparently, retired. Nobody pricked celebrity and VIP pomp with more aplomb (“Tell me the history of that frock, Judy”). That desire to outrage is eloquently expressed by her Aussie creator, Barry Humphries, in these fab archive interviews.
It’s fun to see the slow transition from dowdy Python Pepperpot to queen wasp in a Mrs Slocombe wig. And from rather dismal patter to the fantastically tart one-liner we know and love today. Unlike Humphries’s other creation, dribbling diplomat Les Patterson, Edna remained somehow “likeable in spite of her offensive bigotries”.
How to watch
Next showing
channel time status GOLD
-GOLD HD
-GOLD +1
-Details
- Languages
- Formats
- Colour | HD | SUB | WIDE
Credits
Crew
role name Narrator Tamsin Greig Executive producer John Quinn
