Talking Pictures
Season 1, Episode 23: Laurence Olivier
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Sylvia Syms looks back on the life of Laurence Olivier, perhaps Britain's greatest actor, using rare material from the BBC archives to tell the story of his extraordinarily distinguished career.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Bette Davis
Episode 2
John Mills
Episode 3
David Niven
Episode 4
Gene Kelly
Episode 5
John Wayne
Episode 6
Tony Curtis
Episode 7
Dirk Bogarde
Episode 8
James Stewart
Episode 9
Lauren Bacall
Episode 10
Orson Welles
Episode 11
Ingrid Bergman
Episode 12
Alec Guinness
Episode 13
Gregory Peck
Episode 14
James Mason
Episode 15
Charlton Heston
Episode 16
Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
Episode 17
Richard Burton
Episode 18
Alfred Hitchcock
Episode 19
Shirley Maclaine
Episode 20
Joan Fontaine
Episode 21
Richard Attenborough
Episode 22
Deborah Kerr
Episode 23
Laurence Olivier
Episode 24
Sophia Loren
Episode 25
Paul Newman
Episode 26
Robert Mitchum
Episode 27
Peter O'Toole
Episode 28
Robert Redford
Episode 29
David Lean
Episode 30
Judi Dench
Episode 31
Maggie Smith
Episode 32
Julie Andrews
Episode 33
Michael Caine
Episode 34
Sean Connery