Remembers...
Remembers... is a TV show on BBC4. What are the secrets of our favourite TV shows? Famous names from both sides of the camera reflect on making some of the most popular and influential programmes of all time. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 65 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in August 2026.
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Sally Magnusson takes her seat in the original, imposing Mastermind chair and shares memories of her father Magnus's time as the host of one of British television's most enduring quiz shows.
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Actor Bill Paterson looks back on one of the earliest roles of his career, in the 1974 television adaptation of John McGrath's play The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil.
Monty Don looks back on the remarkable career of TV gardener Geoff Hamilton, who led Gardeners’ World for 16 years, until his untimely death in 1996.
July 2026
Sir Derek Jacobi remembers the landmark 1976 TV series I, Claudius.
Penelope Keith casts an affectionate eye back on much-loved sitcom To the Manor Born and her role as widowed aristocrat Audrey fforbes-Hamilton. First broadcast in 2024.
Mackenzie Crook and Martin Freeman share their memories of working on The Office.
Christopher Eccleston shares behind-the-scenes stories of the making of Peter Flannery's acclaimed 1996 BBC drama series, which turned its young cast into household names.
June 2026
Writer Peter Flannery looks back on his experiences creating the acclaimed 1996 drama Our Friends in the North.
Midge Ure looks back at the 1986 Prince’s Trust Rock Concert, organised to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the charity and of which he was musical director.
Alison Steadman tells the story of groundbreaking 1974 TV drama Girl. Once thought lost forever, the film later resurfaced, giving Alison the opportunity to share her memories.
W Stephen Gilbert looks back on the 1979 BBC drama Only Connect, portraying a homosexual relationship – including the challenges of making it and its impact since the original broadcast.
The much-loved broadcaster, writer and traveller reflects on his journey through the landscapes, cultures and stories that shaped one of the 20th century's most celebrated authors.
Ken Loach discusses Up the Junction, his landmark 1965 contribution to the BBC’s The Wednesday Play strand, adapted from Nell Dunn’s celebrated stories of working-class life in Battersea.
Ken Loach reflects on The Old Oak, his deeply moving portrait of solidarity, displacement and community in a former mining village in County Durham.
Laurence Rees looks back on his acclaimed 1997 documentary series The Nazis: A Warning from History, which explored the reasons why Germany fell in thrall to the Nazis.
May 2026
Screenwriter Andrew Davies reflects on A Very Peculiar Practice, his wickedly funny comedy drama series set in a university health centre in the late 1980s.
Writer Roy Clarke tells the story of how A Foreign Field, his one-off drama telling the story of war veterans returning to the beaches of France, came to life.
Screenwriter Stephen Poliakoff shares his memories of the 1980 television drama Caught on a Train, his Bafta award-winning collaboration with celebrated producer Kenith Trodd.
April 2026
Helen Mirren looks back on her role in Robert Altman’s acclaimed and multi-award-winning 2001 film Gosford Park, written by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes.
March 2026
Charles Dance looks back on the 1982 adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play.