Episodes 7

1 Gilbert Harding

September 18, 1960

30m

Arguably the most famous episode of the series, as Gilbert Harding verges on breaking down under John Freeman's questioning. "I shall be very glad to be dead" remains a poignant response - Harding died less than two months after broadcast.

2 General von Senger und Etterlin

October 2, 1960

30m

Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin discusses his role in the second World War, including whether he was ever accused of war crimes, and whether he was given any orders he felt were unacceptable.

3 Lord Reith

October 30, 1960

30m

John Freeman talks to a former director-general of his own employer, as ex-BBC head Lord John Reith discusses his early life and time with the corporation. Debated among the two is the value of the BBC in Reith's time, and in the present.

4 Simone Signoret

November 13, 1960

30m

John Freeman and Simone Signoret play a verbal game of cat and mouse, as he wants to know "the woman behind the actor's mask." However, Simone is deliberate in what she reveals, answering one question with "I think that's my own business."

5 Victor Gollancz

November 27, 1960

30m

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6 Adam Faith

December 11, 1960

30m

45-year-old John Freeman admits that he's been "consulting some teenage friends of mine" as he interviews his first pop star, Adam Faith. Faith talks about the difference between his showbusiness persona and his real self, Terry Nelhams.

7 Otto Klemperer

January 8, 1961

30m

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