Peter Ustinov,David Niven,Fred Astaire,Gene Kelly,Sophia Loren,Bette Davis,Lauren Bacall,Ingrid Bergman the list is endless. Remember a really difficult one with Robert Mitchum who didn’t seem to want to “engage” at all.
A story recalled by David Niven on the show. Niven had actually returned from Hollywood to serve in the British Army in WWII. As a British Intelligence Liaison Officer his Jeep was stopped at a US Army road block at the time of the German Ardennes offensive. The US soldiers were extremely jumpy about “Nazi 5th columnists” infiltrating their lines.The list is literally endless. The incredible thing is in the 70’s he interviewed all these Hollywood greats, a lot of them towards the of their lives. 40/50/60’s REAL stars who had never been seen in the UK apart from in films.
I loved his chats with David Niven too. The archetypal English gent
There's also his low point which was the infamous Helen Mirren interview where he basically drooled all over her.Peter Ustinov,David Niven,Fred Astaire,Gene Kelly,Sophia Loren,Bette Davis,Lauren Bacall,Ingrid Bergman the list is endless. Remember a really difficult one with Robert Mitchum who didn’t seem to want to “engage” at all.