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Great Lives: Alfred Hitchcock

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Alfred Hitchcock

BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives, Alfred Hitchcock

Anthony Horowitz champions the life of Alfred Hitchcock.

Anthony Horowitz chooses the director of 'Psycho' and 'The Birds', Alfred Hitchcock. With Matthew Parris. From 2016.

Anthony Horowitz regards Alfred Hitchcock as a genius who changed the language of cinema and made some of the most memorable films of the 20th century.

However, the film director is also seen as a troubled man who was at times abusive towards some of his leading ladies.

The expert witness is Nathalie Morris; Senior Curator at the BFI, National Archive.

Presenter: Matthew Parris

Producer: Perminder Khatkar

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2016.

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