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 June 2026.
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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.
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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.
Elaine Paige looks back on A Night on the Town – a musical extravaganza from the early 1980s, filmed with a mostly American cast of singers and dancers.
Daniela Nardini looks back on the 1990s BBC drama series This Life, which followed the misadventures of a group of flat-sharing friends pursing careers in law.
Renowned actress Dame Janet Suzman reflects on her acclaimed 1972 portrayal of Ibsen’s formidable heroine Hedda Gabler.
Actor Bernard Hill, who famously played the character of Yosser Hughes, reflects on the iconic drama series Boys from the Blackstuff.
Simon Schama looks back on his ambitious series A History of Britain, a journey through 5,000 years of life in the British Isles.
February 2026
Sir Derek Jacobi looks back on Breaking the Code, the acclaimed 1997 drama that saw him tackling the role of Alan Turing, the mathematical genius who cracked the Enigma code.
Michael Palin shares memories of his 1988 screenplay for the drama Number 27 - one of his early post-Python solo ventures and written around the same time as East of Ipswich.
The recently knighted sitcom writer Roy Clarke looks back on one of his best-loved creations, Open All Hours, and shares his memories of working with two comedy legends.
A look back at the BBC's acclaimed 1992 adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House that reunites leading cast members Trevor Eve and Juliet Stephenson and director David Thacker.