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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Face to Face | Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter, one of the worlds greatest playwrights, talks to Jeremy Isaacs in a rare interview, in which he talks about his childhood, his obsession with language and how chance images have sparked his most powerful drama.
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'.