 Steadman decided politicians didn't deserve to be caricatured |
In a Hardtalk Extra interview broadcast on Friday 26th August, Gavin Esler talks to Ralph Steadman, one of Britain's most renowned cartoonists.
Ralph Steadman is one of the world's most striking and subversive cartoonists, whose work has been compared to Hogarth and Salvador Dali.
He became notorious for his collaborations with the legendary American writer Hunter S. Thompson, who pioneered the so-called "gonzo" style of journalism imitated by so many today.
Ralph Steadman talks to Gavin Esler about his deep-rooted sense of moral outrage which drives him to draw his grotesque cartoons of authority figures.
HARDtalk Extra can be seen on Fridays on BBC World at 03:30 GMT, 08:30 GMT, 15:30 GMT, 18:30 GMT and 23:30 GMT.
It can also be seen on BBC News 24 at 04:30 and 23:30
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