04, Nov

1hr 50 mins with interval; PG Cert

An evening of clips,and chat, from Britain’s most esteemed film reviewer. Icon of the small screen Barry Norman shows some of his most cherished movie clips, talking about his favourite icons of the silver screen, most of whom he has interviewed. Having been the presenter of the BBC’s cinema review for 26 years, Barry Norman is a much loved and recognised household name. This is a unique opportunity for theatre-going film-lovers to meet the man who has so many great stories to tell of his most loved films.

Barry Norman began his journalistic career on the Kensington News and was Show Business Editor of the Daily Mail until 1971. He has contributed over the years to The Guardian as occasional leader writer and Wednesday columnist, to The Observer as sports writer, to The Times as television critic and also as scriptwriter on Flook on the Daily Mail.

In 1972 he began his celebrated film series for the BBC, which established him as Britain’s most respected film critic. During 1976 and 1977 he was also a regular contributor to the Tonight programme. The run of film programmes was briefly interrupted in 1982 when he spent a season presenting the arts programme Omnibus. He returned to his more familiar FILM ’83 chair the following year.

Barry Norman has written and presented four acclaimed series on The Hollywood Greats in 1977, 1978, 1979 AND 1983, and a series on The British Greats in 1980. He has also presented a wide range of documentaries for the BBC and ITV. Best-selling books on the Hollywood greats, film greats and movie greats backed up each television series. In 1989 his ten part BBC series Talking Pictures and its accompanying book covered the history of cinema from the advent of sound.

06.00PM - 08:00PM | £16.00