7/8. Chat Shows. Michael Parkinson , Terry Wogan and David Frost contribute to a look at one of light entertainment's most successful and enduring formats - the chat show. From the intense investigative questioning on Face to Face, to the use of shock tactics in "confessional" programmes such as The Jerry Springer Show, the chat show format has constantly evolved to provide some of the most talked-about television ever produced.
Featuring Sally Jesse Raphael, Clive James,
Clive Anderson, Joan Rivers and Graham Norton.
Producer Elaine Shepherd ; Editor Anna Gien 1973: the Year in Chat is on BBC4 at 11.25pm and The Frost Years is on Tuesday at 11.30am on Radio 4