Great Lives

Antonia Quirke on Marlon Brando

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 12^th May 2015, 16:30 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 28^th Dec 2023, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Marlon Brando - greatest actor of the 20th century?

Film critic Antonia Quirke definitely thinks he is.

But the star of the Godfather, On the Waterfront and A Streetcar Named Desire divides opinion in this lively assessment of his life.

Presented by Matthew Parris.

With contributions from writer Robyn Karney and Joe Queenan in the USA.

Producer: Miles Warde

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2015. Show less