3. Harold Pinter

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Actor Kenneth Cranham expounds entertainingly on a life in acting in conversation with friend and colleague Neil Dudgeon. From an early performance in the 1968 film Oliver to winning an Olivier award for the title role in the hit play The Father in the West End, Cranham has worked with an amazing array of actors, writers and directors over his sixty-year career. In this third episode of five, Cranham talks about his work and friendship with Harold Pinter. Kenneth Cranham's career is a privileged lens on the recent history of British theatre and screen. A friend of playwrights Orton, Pinter, and Bond, he was at the epicentre of the radical shift in theatre in the sixties and seventies. A fluent and passionate speaker, Cranham’s account of his life and work offers a thrilling perspective on the last sixty years of British drama. An Actor's Life: Kenneth Cranham is a Hooley Production supported by Pimmyompim Productions Limited.