In the first of an occasional series of revivals of the classic television interview, Anthony Burgess talks to Jeremy Isaacs. Stirred into writing by the prospect of fatal illness, Anthony Burgess is now regarded as one of the world's most celebrated writers. His novels include A Clockwork Orange, Earthly Powers and his latest, Any Old Iron. The first volume of his autobiography Little Wilson and Big God has been widely recognised as a contemporary masterpiece. Long resident outside Britain, Burgess talks about his life and art - and his attitude to the country of his birth.
In an occasional revival of the classic television interview format, Jeremy Isaacs talks to Merce Cunningham. At the age of 70, Cunningham is perhaps the world's best-known choreographer of modern dance. Since 1953, when he founded his own company, he has been at the forefront of modern experimentation. Cunningham talks about the motivation behind his unflagging creative energy, and his collaborations with artists such as John Cage , Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol.
In the revival of a classic television interview format, Jeremy Isaacs talks to playwright and film director David Hare. From Knuckle to Licking Hitler and Plenty, Hare's work has explored the morality of public and private life in post-war Britain. His current National Theatre play A Secret Rapture and two new films soon to be released, Paris By Night and Strapless, extend these themes of public and personal morality into the Thatcher era.
In a revival of the classic television format, Jeremy Isaacs interviews George Steiner , one of Europe's most eloquent intellectuals.
In a revival of the classic interview format, Jeremy Isaacs talks to Bernado Bertolucci , director of such controversial films as The Conformist, 1900 and Last Tango in Paris - said by one critic to have 'altered the face of cinema'. With the unprecedented acclaim of the nine Oscars given to The Last Emperor, has the revolutionary finally joined the establishment?
In one of a series of occasional revivals of the BBC's classic Face to Face series, first broadcast in 1989, Jeremy Isaacs talks to science writer JG Ballard about his life, writing and fascination with the violence of the 20th century.
Jeremy Isaacs talks to American neurologist Oliver Sacks , author of Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. In this interview he describes how he has turned the case history into literature.
Jeremy Isaacs talks to poet, critic and journalist James Fenton , who reported the conflicts in Vietnam and Cambodia and whose poetry combines political awareness with a craftman's eye for detail.
Jeremy Isaacs comes face to face with Roger Corman , maker of over 200 'B' movies with titles like Gods of Shark Reef and The Man with the X-ray Eyes. Current Hollywood talents such as Scorsese, Coppola, De Niro and Nicholson all made their debuts with Corman, and his instinct for the tacky and absurd in American life has earned him cult status among critics.
American film-maker Oliver Stone , director of Platoon and Wall Street, talks to Jeremy Isaacs about his career and politics. Producer Julian Birkett
Jeremy Isaacs comes Face to Face with one of the world's most influential and controversial psychologists, Professor Hans Eysenck.
Jeremy Isaacs is Face to Face with American writer Edmund White , author of the novel A Boy's Own Story, whose play Trios has just opened in Britain.
David Attenborough , television presenter and pioneer of natural history programmes, is Face to Face with Jeremy Isaacs.
The filmmaker in conversation with Sir Jeremy Isaacs.
Face to Face with Sir Peter Hall. Jeremy Isaacs talks to one of the great figures of contemporary British theatre.
Novelist Martin Amis, author of Money and London Fields, comes face to face with Jeremy Isaacs.
Painter David Hockney talks to Jeremy Isaacs.
Hollywood actor Kirk Douglas, star of Spartacus and Lust for Life, comes face to face with Jeremy Isaacs. Editor Michael Poole
American novelist, Joseph Heller (Catch 22), is interviewed by Jeremy Isaacs. Editor Michael Poole
One of the most successful film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg, talks about his career to Jeremy Isaacs
For decades Billy Connolly has been one of Britain's most popular comedians. Tonight he talks to Jeremy Isaacs about stand-up comedy, bodily functions and the night someone set fire to his hair.
A rare television interview with one of Britain's greatest writers, V S Naipaul. Best known for his novels A House for Mr Biswas , A Bend in the River (winner of the Booker Prize), and The Enigma of Arrival, he talks with Jeremy Isaacs about his life and work.
Jeremy Isaacs asks the black American writer Maya Angelou about her life, her writing and her hopes for the future. What unfolds is a frank and sometimes shocking account of her journey to becoming an established author. The black American writer Maya Angelou won international acclaim with the publication of the first volume of her autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, an eloquent memoir of a tragic childhood in the deep south. Raped by her mother's boy-friend at 8, she became mute for five years. Despite these harrowing accounts, her writing is full of hope, providing inspiration for a whole generation.
Jeremy Isaacs talks to award-winning writer Jeanette Winterson, who discusses her love of writing and reflects on the ways in which her upbringing and sexuality have influenced her work. Winterson also explains her desire to avoid being categorised, either in terms of her work or her life, and the ways in which her non-conformist style of writing and 'taboo' subject matter reflect this and have, perhaps, contributed to her success.
Jeremy Isaacs comes Face to Face with Ken Loach , one of Britain's best known and most provocative film-makers, who talks about his new film Ladybird Ladybird.
Novelist Salman Rushdie talks to Jeremy Isaacs.
In his occasional interview series for The Late Show, Jeremy Isaacs meets US beat generation poet Allen Ginsberg , who describes his working and personal relationships with literary figures such as William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac , and the effect drug-taking has had on his work.
Jeremy Isaacs interviews American playwright Arthur Miller , as his latest play Broken Glass transfers to London's West End and A View from the Bridge begins a national tour.
First transmitted in 1995, a special edition of The Late Show sees comedian Ken Dodd talking to Jeremy Isaacs about his career and unique approach to comedy. In this rare television interview, Dodd shares stories of his humble beginnings in 1930s Liverpool, his big break in 1965 at the London Palladium and his performance to the royal household at Windsor Castle. He also talks about his fears, regrets and philosophy of life.
Jeremy Isaccs interviews Hollywood legend Lauren Bacall in this Late Show special. They discuss her film career, her two volumes of autobiography and her role in Friedrich D'Cirrenmatt's The Visit at this year's Chichester Festival.
Jeremy Isaacs comes face to face with Oscar-winning actor Anthony Hopkins.
Jeremy Isaacs talks candidly to John Berger , the Booker Prize-winning novelist and art critic.
Jeremy Isaacs talks to composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim about his work - which includes West Side Story, Follies and Sweeney Todd - his views and his life.
Jeremy Isaacs talks to Martha Gellhom , journalist, novelist and one of the great war correspondents of the century.
Jeremy Isaacs talks to Norman Mailer , one of America's leading novel and non-fiction writers, whose personal life, as well as his work, has often kept him in the public eye.
Jeremy Isaacs talks to actor Paul Eddington about his eminent career in both television and the theatre, and his battle against skin cancer.
Jeremy Isaacs talks to feminist writer Germaine Greer.
Jeremy Isaacs opens a six-part series of interviews with guests from the arts and media by talking with playwright Harold Pinter. The writer speaks about his childhood in London's Hackney, and images and events which have inspired some of his most powerful dramas.
Jeremy Isaacs talks with the BBC's chief news correspondent Kate Adie about her coverage of conflicts around the world.
Jeremy Isaacs talks to British-born film director Alan Parker , whose latest movie Evita follows a number of box office hits, including The Commitments, Mississippi Burning and Midnight Express. Parker talks about Hollywood, his career and violence in films, and recalls his childhood in London's Islington.
Jeremy Isaacs talks to novelist Roddy Doyle , author of The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van, and the Booker Prize-winning Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
Sir Jeremy Isaacs talks to actress Dame Diana Rigg, who became an overnight success when she starred as Avengers girl Emma Peel in the 1960s, and went on to award-winning lead roles in Medea, Mother Courage and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Jeremy Isaacs talks to comedy veteran Bob Monkhouse about the difficulties of his childhood in Kent and the contemporary comedians he admires.
In the first of six interviews with prominent figures from the arts and media, Jeremy Isaacs talks to writer/comedian Ben Elton.
Ian McKellen talks to Jeremy Isaacs about his acting career and also recalls the decision to come out.
Singer Joan Baez engages in a frank and sometimes prickly look back over her career in the company of Jeremy Isaacs.
After 30 years as a war reporter for the BBC, Martin Bell made his own headlines by standing, and winning, as an Independent in the Cheshire constituency of Tatton. He talks to Jeremy Isaacs about the personal effects of reporting in Bosnia and his new political career.
For over 30 years, artist/musician Yoko Ono has been one of the world's most famous women. She talks to Jeremy Isaacs about her life and work, meeting John Lennon and coping with media and public hostility after the break-up of the Beatles.
David Mamet is one of America's greatest living writers, best known for his explosive contemporary plays such as Sexual Perversity in Chicago, American Buffalo, Oleanna and Glengarry Glen Ross. His film screenplay credits include The Untouchables and The Verdict, and he has also written and directed the films House of Games and Homicide. Mamet - who has recently completed his second novel, three new screenplays and a book of essays on acting talks to Jeremy Isaacs about what it is like to be Jewish in America, his childhood in fifties Chicago, and his fondness for hunting deer.
