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Actor Kenneth Cranham expounds entertainingly on a life in acting in conversation with friend and colleague Neil Dudgeon. From an early performance in the 1968 film Oliver to winning an Olivier award for the title role in the hit play The Father in the West End, Cranham has worked with an amazing array of writers, directors and actors over his sixty-year career. In this first episode of five, Cranham talks about the early years including his good fortune in going to Tulse Hill Comprehensive, where he met an inspirational teacher who would have a significant impact on his life.

Kenneth Cranham's career is a privileged lens on the recent history of British theatre and screen. A friend of playwrights Orton, Pinter, and Bond, he was at the epicentre of the radical shift in theatre in the sixties and seventies. The lead role in Shine on Harvey Moon on ITV - the story of an East End family rebuilding itself in post-war Britain - brought him public recognition and a place at a different table. In later years, Cranham has been lauded for leading stage roles like the title characters in An Inspector Calls and The Father and has worked almost constantly in film and television, playing a wide gamut of roles from authority figures to working class heroes to members of the criminal underclass.

A fluent and passionate speaker, Cranham鈥檚 account of his life and work offers a thrilling perspective on the last sixty years of British drama.

An Actor's Life: Kenneth Cranham is a Hooley Production, supported by Pimmyompim Productions Limited.