Nigel Wattis

Dennis Potter a television dramatist talks about his work, politics and his fears for both.

8.8/10

From the series "The Modern World: Ten Great Writers", this playful documentary introduces James Joyce's most famous work "Ulysses". It includes fantastic adaptations to film from passages of the novel. It also includes excerpts from a book written by Joyce's friend, the artist Frank Budgen, entitled "James Joyce and the making of Ulysses". Amongst those interviewed is author Anthony Burgess.

This documentary series uses drama and commentary to shed light on the lives and works of Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, T. S. Eliot, Henrik Ibsen, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Luigi Pirandello, Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf.

8/10

A documentary video that profiles the life of David Lean, the director of Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia.

9.5/10

A documentary about the making of Bill Forsyth's 1983 film LOCAL HERO

Channel 4 docudrama from the series "The Modern Wold : Ten Great Writers" on Marcel Proust and Swann's Way