1x2 - Steve Martin

February 21, 1998

1x3 - Terence Stamp

February 28, 1998

Maverick actor Terence Stamp talks to Mark Cousins about his life, loves and the decisions that have shaped his career. Clips from Billy Budd and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert are interspersed with Stamp's candid comments.

1x4 - Martin Scorsese

April 4, 1998

Martin Scorsese, acclaimed as one of the world's greatest living directors, talks to Mark Cousins in an interview that coincides with the release of Кундун (1997), exploring the life of the Dalai Lama. In his New York production office, Scorsese discusses the experiences of working with actors such as Robert De Niro, Liza Minnelli and Harvey Keitel, and how his style has evolved over the last three decades. Scorsese also analyses clips from Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, GoodFellas and New York, New York, and what he considers his best film, Italo-American (1974), a documentary with his parents as subjects.

1x5 - Paul Schrader

April 25, 1998

About screenwriter/filmmaker/producer Paul Schrader who entered Hollywood with the script of "Taxi Driver".

1x6 - Jack Lemmon

August 15, 1998

Jack Lemmon talks to Mark Cousins about his diverse and enduring career in cinema in a conversation punctuated by clips from his films, including The Apartment (1960) and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992).

1x7 - Brian De Palma

November 8, 1998

1x8 - Jonathan Demme

February 27, 1999

1x9 - Jane Russell

May 15, 1999

Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell was an American film actress and one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s.

1x10 - Bernardo Bertolucci

September 18, 1999

Bernardo Bertolucci's career reached a peak of notoriety with Last Tango in Paris (1972) in 1972, but atmospheric early work such as Spider's Strategy (1970) and The Conformist (1970) had already earmarked him as a major talent. Here, in the company of Mark Cousins, he discusses the frank sexuality in his work and influences informing it, and his hatred of his native Italy. The programme includes clips from Bertolucci's films and from those of his many admirers.

1x11 - David Lynch

November 28, 1999

Mark Cousins meets US director David Lynch, the creator of such idiosyncratic and groundbreaking screen landmarks as Eraserhead, Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks

1x12 - James Coburn

March 11, 2000

1x13 - Roman Polanski

May 27, 2000

1x14 - Woody Allen

June 10, 2000

Mark Cousins Interviews Woody Allen about his life and work.

1x15 - Rod Steiger

July 15, 2000

1x16 - Lauren Bacall

August 5, 2000

In a rare interview, Hollywood icon Lauren Bacall speaks to Mark Cousins about her career, her marriage to Humphrey Bogart and her friendships with Katharine Hepburn and Rock Hudson.

1x17 - Janet Leigh

December 16, 2000

1x18 - Kirk Douglas

December 28, 2000

1x19 - Tom Hanks

January 21, 2001

1x20 - Donald Sutherland

March 22, 2001

With roles in Военно-полевой госпиталь M*A*S*H. (1970), Klute (1971), Donald Sutherland made his name in some of the outstanding films of the seventies. He has remained one of Hollywood's most versatile actors, and in this programme he talks with Mark Cousins about his life and work.

1x21 - Jeff Bridges

August 8, 2001

1x22 - Dennis Hopper

August 20, 2001

1x23 - Jeanne Moreau

December 1, 2001

Considered by Orson Welles to be the greatest actress in the world, Jeanne Moreau was the muse of French cinema in the 1960s. Here she reveals the stories behind the making of Jules and Jim (1962), and explores sexual and intellectual freedom in her career and private life.

1x24 - John Sayles

December 8, 2001