
About the TV Show

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The Hollywood Greats
First Air Date: August 04, 1977
First Aired on | : | 1977 |
Status | : | Ended |
Created By | : | |
Networks | : | BBC One |
Genres | : | Documentary |
Seasons/Episodes | : | 30 episodes in 7 Seasons |
Hollywood Greats was a BBC Television series, which began in 1977. The film critic Barry Norman wrote and narrated a series of in depth profiles on major Hollywood film personalities, in which he interviewed surviving associates. He later made a series called British Greats in 1980. A series of books, entitled The Hollywood Greats, The Movie Greats and The British Greats, which were authored by Norman were subsequently published. A series of the same name was later presented by Jonathan Ross from 1999 to 2006.