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Feud: Bette and Joan

Series 1

Episode 8: You Mean All This Time We Could Have Been Friends?

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

In 1969, Joan is living in Manhattan and gets a call from her agent, who advises her against appearing in a low-budget British feature, provisionally called The Missing Link. But Joan needs the money, so she arrives in London to film the retitled Trog. In the meantime, Bette has kept working and according to her friend Victor Buono, snatched up everything and lost her high standards.

Both actresses reflect on what might have been. Show less

Contributors

Bette Davis:
Susan Sarandon
Joan Crawford:
Jessica Lange
Hedda Hopper:
Judy Davis
Robert Aldrich:
Alfred Molina
Jack Warner:
Stanley Tucci
Pauline Jameson:
Alison Wright
Writer:
Gina Welch

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