talking to Michael Flanders

The actor who created the part of Jo in The Forsyte Saga discusses his start in the theatrical profession at the Windmill Theatre, his years in repertory and his rapid rise to stardom. He looks at some of the actor's problems in creating characters in the theatre, the cinema and on television, and looks at excerpts from some of his best-known roles: The Secretary Bird; The Forsyte Saga; The Comedy Man; Raising a Riot; The Deep Blue Sea; Reach for the Sky; The Admirable Crichton; The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw; Sink the Bismarck
(What I owe to the Forsytes: pages 6-8)