• Air date: 04 Aug '77 6 episodes
      Hollywood Greats was a BBC Television series, which began in 1977. The film critic Barry Norman wrote and narrated a series of in depth profiles on major Hollywood film personalities, in which he interviewed surviving associates. He later made a series called British Greats in 1980. A series of books, entitled The Hollywood Greats, The Movie Greats and The British Greats, which were authored by Norman were subsequently published. A series of the same name was later presented by Jonathan Ross from 1999 to 2006.
  • List of Episodes (6)
    • 0. Ronald Colman

      10 Aug '78
    • 1. Clark Gable

      04 Aug '77
      A profile of Clark Gable, one of the stars of Hollywood's golden age.
    • 2. Errol Flynn

      11 Aug '77
      Documentary on the life and career of Errol Flynn including interviews with his second wife Nora Eddington Black, his secretary Ronald Shedlo and his daughter Deirdre.
    • 3. Spencer Tracy

      18 Aug '77
      A profile of Spencer Tracy, one of the leading stars of Hollywood's golden age.
    • 4. Gary Cooper

      25 Aug '77
      A profile of Gary Cooper, one of the stars of Hollywood's golden age.
    • 5. Humphrey Bogart

      01 Sep '77
      A profile of Humphrey Bogart, one of the stars of Hollywood's golden age.