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29/10/2016

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Frankly Speaking, Jean Renoir

The film director answers the questions in the BBC Home Service's interview series.

4 Extra Debut. The film director, and son of artist Auguste Renoir, answers the questions in the BBC Home Service's interview series. From June 1962.

The French film director, Jean Renoir (1894 - 1979) is quizzed by Dilys Powell and Andrew Forge.

Jean reveals the problems of having a famous father - artist Auguste Renoir - and his motivation for making films.  

Launched in 1952, Frankly Speaking was a novel, ground breaking BBC series. Unrehearsed and unscripted, the traditional interviewee/interviewer pairing was initially jettisoned for three interviewers - later two - firing direct questions. Early critics demanded it was axed, but the format won out and eventually won over detractors. 

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in June 1962.

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