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Front Row: Cathy Come Home and This Life producer Tony Garnett

Cathy Come Home and This Life producer Tony Garnett

27/05/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Cathy Come Home and This Life producer Tony Garnett

Mark Lawson talks to TV producer Tony Garnett, whose credits include Cathy Come Home.

TV and film producer Tony Garnett, whose credits include Cathy Come Home, Cardiac Arrest and This Life, reflects on his career in conversation with Mark Lawson.

With Mark Lawson.

TV and film producer Tony Garnett's work includes Cathy Come Home, Kes, Cardiac Arrest and This Life. The British Film Institute is now marking his 50 year career with a retrospective season. In this conversation, he explains why he has generally refused to do interviews, and how personal tragedies have been reflected in films such as Up the Junction. 

Although he started his career as an actor, appearing in Dixon of Dock Green, Garnett discusses the appeal of being a producer and the resultant battles to make hard-hitting films tackling difficult or controversial issues - including back-street abortions and the welfare state.

Producer Claire Bartleet.

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