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My Week with Marilyn

The tale of a young film studio assistant's brief relationship with screen goddess Marilyn Monroe, set against a backdrop of the making of The Prince and the Showgirl.

It is 1956 and The Prince and the Showgirl is being made at Pinewood Studios in London, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier, who has recruited one of the biggest Hollywood stars of all time, Marilyn Monroe, to co-star with him.

Colin Clark, a junior assistant on the production, is assigned the job of looking after Marilyn and keeps a journal about the week he spent with her. It proves to be a turbulent experience as Marilyn is going through marital problems with her husband and uses Colin as a much-needed sounding board for all her pent-up neurosis.

Acclaimed drama from BBC Films based on Clark's real-life diaries.

1 hour, 29 minutes

Last on

Sun 7 Sep 202500:05
BBC One

Music Played

  • Michelle Williams

    'When Love Goes Wrong, Nothin' Goes Right' & 'Heat Wave'

  • Conrad Pope

    Colin Runs Off To The The Circus

  • Conrad Pope

    Colin Joins The Circus/Mr Jacobs

  • Lang Lang

    Driving Through Pinewood

  • Conrad Pope

    Colin and Vivian

  • Dean Martin

    Memories Are Made Of This

  • Lang Lang

    Paparazzi

  • Conrad Pope

    Lucy

  • La Tropicana Orchestra

    Uno, Dos, Tres

  • Johnny Ace with The Beale Streeters

    Ace's Wild

  • Conrad Pope

    Arthur's Notebook

  • Conrad Pope

    Remembering Marilyn

  • Nat King Cole

    You Stepped Out Of A Dream

  • Conrad Pope

    Eton Schoolyard

  • Nat King Cole

    Autumn Leaves

  • Conrad Pope

    Overdose

  • Conrad Pope

    Colin and Marilyn

  • Conrad Pope

    Colin's Heartbreak

  • Michelle Williams

    It's A Wrap, I Found A Dream

  • Conrad Pope

    Such Stuff That Dreams Are Made of

  • Michelle Williams

    That Old Black Magic

  • Lang Lang

    Marilyn's Theme

Credits

Marilyn MonroeMichelle Williams
Colin ClarkEddie Redmayne
Laurence OlivierKenneth Branagh
Vivien LeighJulia Ormond
Dame Sybil ThorndikeJudi Dench
Paula StrasbergZoe Wanamaker
Sir Owen MorsheadDerek Jacobi
BarryJim Carter
Arthur JacobsToby Jones
Arthur MillerDougray Scott
Sir Kenneth ClarkPip Torrens
Lady Jane ClarkGeraldine Somerville
LucyEmma Watson
AuthorRuth Fowler
WriterAdrian Hodges
DirectorSimon Curtis

Broadcasts

  • Thu 13 Mar 201421:00
    BBC Two
  • Sat 6 Jun 201522:00
    BBC Two England & HD only
  • Sat 6 Jun 201523:00
    BBC Two except England & HD
  • Wed 11 May 201622:00
    BBC Four
  • Wed 23 Nov 201622:00
    BBC Four
  • Boxing Day 201700:45
    BBC Two
  • Boxing Day 201800:35
    BBC One
  • Sun 9 Feb 202023:30
    BBC One except Scotland & Scotland HD
  • Mon 14 Dec 202002:00
    BBC Four
  • Thu 3 Jun 202121:00
    BBC Four
  • Tue 21 Dec 202100:50
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Tue 2 Jul 202400:30
    BBC One except HD
  • Sat 14 Dec 202400:30
    BBC One except HD, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Wales & Wales HD
  • Fri 20 Dec 202400:10
    BBC One Wales HD & Wales only
  • Sun 7 Sep 202500:05
    BBC One except HD

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