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Episode 1: Peter Sellers

Summary

The life of Peter Sellers, a man of a thousand voices, who became famous on radio as one of The Goons, and then in the movies where comic creations such as Inspector Clouseau brought him international stardom. Combining some remarkably frank disclosures with hilarious and revealing archive material - much of it filmed by Sellers himself - the programme offers a retrospective of Sellars' career and private life told in his own words via interviews he gave at the time. Narrated by Tamsin Greig

Review

The series of compelling archive footage of comedians in conversation returns with the man of a thousand voices, Peter Sellers. From the moment the show opens to the weedy strains of The Goon Show’s Bluebottle you know you’re in for a riot of laughter – Sellers’s story about meeting the man Bluebottle was based on will have you in stitches.

It’s fascinating to watch the transition from plumpish Goon to urbane Hollywood star with a weakness for beautiful women. But the real story is how Sellers’s masterful mimicry and characterisation hid his insecurities about how dull he was in real life. If that’s true, thank goodness for dull Peter.

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  • Summary

    The life of Peter Sellers, a man of a thousand voices, who became famous on radio as one of The Goons, and then in the movies where comic creations such as Inspector Clouseau brought him international stardom. Combining some remarkably frank disclosures with hilarious and revealing archive material - much of it filmed by Sellers himself - the programme offers a retrospective of Sellars' career and private life told in his own words via interviews he gave at the time. Narrated by Tamsin Greig

    Review

    The series of compelling archive footage of comedians in conversation returns with the man of a thousand voices, Peter Sellers. From the moment the show opens to the weedy strains of The Goon Show’s Bluebottle you know you’re in for a riot of laughter – Sellers’s story about meeting the man Bluebottle was based on will have you in stitches.

    It’s fascinating to watch the transition from plumpish Goon to urbane Hollywood star with a weakness for beautiful women. But the real story is how Sellers’s masterful mimicry and characterisation hid his insecurities about how dull he was in real life. If that’s true, thank goodness for dull Peter.

    Details

    Languages
    Formats
    Colour

    Credits

    Crew

    rolename
    NarratorTamsin Greig
    Executive producerJohn Quinn
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