Arena | Harold Pinter Part 1: The Room

Based on The Homecoming by Harold Pinter

Nigel Williams's two-part film biography explores Pinter's life, work, and political passions - from his East End childhood to his work as an actor, his experience of both early critical rejection and adulation, his screenwriting, and his love of poetry and passion for cricket.

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  • Type: Analysis
  • Channel: BBC Two
  • Duration: 56'14''
  • Broadcast date: 2002
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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The Homecoming | BBC Two | 1997

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The Homecoming | BBC Two | 2002

Arena | Harold Pinter Part 2: A Celebration

In part two of this film biography, Arena explores the relationship between the public and private dimensions of the famous playwright and actor's life and work; the intimacy of his plays since the seventies; his work in films and television drama; his passion for poetry; and his fervent 'political engagement'.