Remembers… — Season 1, Episode 5: Moira Armstrong and Vivien Heilbron Remember… Sunset Song
Documentary, Talk • 11 min • 5 seasons, 171 episodes
Episode synopsis
Actor Vivien Heilbron and director Moira Armstrong look back on the 1971 BBC Scotland drama Sunset Song, based on Lewis Grassic Gibbon's classic novel. Together, the friends discuss how their collaboration worked and the pressures of filming nude scenes, arguing over accents and working with animals. The pair also consider why Sunset Song was such a significant production and the legacy it has left behind.
About Remembers…
What are the secrets of our favourite TV shows? Famous names from both sides of the camera reflect on making some of the most popular and influential programmes of all time.
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- E2Bernard Hill Remembers... Boys from the Blackstuff
- E3Colin Baker Remembers… The Roads to Freedom
- E4Hanif Kureishi Remembers… The Buddha of Suburbia
- E6Christopher Eccleston Remembers… Our Friends in the North
- E7Kenneth Branagh Remembers… Billy Plays
- E8David Harewood Remembers… A Man from the Sun
- E9Siân Phillips Remembers… How Green Was My Valley
- E10Michael Dobbs Remembers… House of Cards
- E11Alison Steadman Remembers… The Singing Detective
- E12Joe McFadden Remembers… The Crow Road
- E13Peter Kosminsky Remembers… Wolf Hall