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 September 2026.
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Actor Spencer Banks reflects on his leading role in the 1974 Play for Today Penda's Fen, a remarkable coming-of-age story written by David Rudkin and directed by Alan Clarke.
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Dame Sian Phillips looks back on Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood and her own experiences with the adaptions that have brought the celebrated ‘play for voices’ to cinema and television audiences.
Peter Egan looks back on the 1984 adaptation of Shelagh Delaney's landmark play A Taste of Honey.
August 2026
Maureen Lipman looks back on the filming of the 1985 TV adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn's Absurd Person Singular.
Simon Sebag Montefiore talks about the challenges he faced filming in Rome and about his joy at telling audiences the stories of a city he so clearly loves.
Lady Antonia Fraser looks back fondly on the BBC's 1987 acclaimed adaptation of her husband Harold Pinter's play The Birthday Party.
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.
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.