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Dame Helen Mirren looks back on her role in Dennis Potter’s seminal 1979 TV drama Blue Remembered Hills, one of the best-known episodes of the BBC’s much-admired Play for Today series. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Helen Mirren
Series Producer:
Simon Goretzki
Producer:
Simon Catt

Play for Today

Series 9

Episode 14: Blue Remembered Hills

Duration: 1 hour, 11 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 8 months

Dennis Potter's play of lost innocence begins with adults playing children's games in a lyrical summer landscape. But the games of hide-and-seek and war take on a sinister aspect. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes

on BBC Four

Available for 3 months

Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the first Play for Today, this film celebrates the acclaimed series of controversial single dramas broadcast on BBC One between 1970 and 1984. Show more

Contributors

Narrator:
Martina Laird
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Ansorge
Interviewed Guest:
Roy Battersby
Interviewed Guest:
Rachel Billington
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Eyre
Interviewed Guest:
David Hare
Interviewed Guest:
Mike Leigh
Interviewed Guest:
Ken Loach
Interviewed Guest:
Kenith Trodd
Director:
John Wyver

BBC Four

About BBC Four

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.

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