Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

Original version

BBC Four

BBC 4

Mark Lawson Talks To...

Discussion & Talk

Factual: Life Stories

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media: Arts

Mark Lawson in conversation with famous personalities from all walks of life

Mark Lawson Talks To

Mark Lawson

Timothy Spall

Louise Bourner

Suzy Jaffe

Eamon Hardy

Mark Lawson Talks To...: Timothy Spall

10/05/2010

BBC Four - Mark Lawson Talks To..., Timothy Spall

Mark Lawson talks to the actor Timothy Spall about his career on stage and screen.

Mark Lawson talks to actor Timothy Spall about his life and career. Spall reflects on his working-class roots, on being a 'professional depicter' and his fight with leukaemia.

Mark Lawson talks to the award-winning actor Timothy Spall about his life and career. Spall reflects on his working-class roots and the joys and anxieties of being a 'professional depicter', as well as his personal fight with leukaemia.

He rose to prominence in classic stage and television drama, but it was his work with director Mike Leigh that established him as one of the country's best-loved character actors in films such as Life is Sweet and Secrets and Lies. His sensitive and humane performances as Britain's last hangman Albert Pierrepoint and Dickens's Fagin speak of his fascination with the human condition and his desire to play all sorts of funny looking people.

Knowledge, arts, music and culture from the UK and the world.

BBC Four reflects arts, music and culture with an ambitious range of intellectually and culturally enriching programmes, taking an expert and in-depth approach to its subjects.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Mark Lawson Talks To...

Timothy Spall

Contributors

Genres

Brand

BBC Four

About BBC Four