Arena: From Roger Moore with Love
01:25 am - 02:45 am, Sunday, January 4 on BBC Four HD (106)
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From Roger Moore with Love
Documentary tracing Roger Moore's rise from a young knitwear model to an era-defining icon. It reveals how the actor refined his persona as a debonair, seasoned man-about-town, and after becoming a household name in TV's The Saint, and The Persuaders!, he finally won his breakthrough role as James Bond in 1973. The documentary reveals his life with A-list friends, including Frank Sinatra, Joan Collins, Christopher Walken and other Hollywood legends. There are also interviews with Roger's children, Geoffrey, Deborah and Christian
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Cast & Crew
Steve Coogan
(Narrator)
Jack Cocker
(Director)
Janet Lee
(Executive producer)
Gabriel Jagger
(Executive producer)
Karen Steyn
(Producer)
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Did You Know..
Steve Coogan
(Narrator)
Born:
October 14, 1965
in
Middleton, Lancashire
Best Known For:
Playing hopeless presenter Alan Partridge.
Early-life:
Stephen John Coogan was born on October 14, 1965, in Middleton, Lancashire. His parents are Irish and he is the fourth of seven children. It was clear from an early age he was a natural mimic. After leaving the Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre he became an impressionist, and featured on Spitting Image and the Royal Variety Show. He tired of being, in his words, "a cut-rate Rory Bremner" and decided to create characters of his own. The decision paid off, and he won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1992.
Career:
After becoming a cult favourite with Radio 4's On the Hour, Coogan made his TV breakthrough in 1993 with roles on Saturday Zoo and The Day Today. The former introduced his foul-mouthed Mancunian layabout Paul Calf, and the latter brought his most famous radio creation, Alan Partridge, to the small screen. He appeared in horror spoof Dr Terrible's House of Horrible and also made a handful of hit-and-miss films, including Terry Jones's version of Wind in the Willows, The Parole Officer and 24 Hour Party People. He's enjoyed success in America with such films as Around the World in 80 Days, A Night at the Museum and Tropic Thunder. In 2010 he appeared with Rob Brydon in contemplative BBC sitcom The Trip, and more recently in its sequel, The Trip to Italy. He also co-wrote and starred in Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa and Philomena.
Quote:
"When my life has been the subject of tabloid intrusion, what I have never done is get engaged in justifying myself. Celebrities who go round apologising are pitiful, and don't do themselves any favours."
Trivia:
Coogan and his writing partner, Henry Normal, own Baby Cow Productions, which has backed such hits as Human Remains, Moone Boy, Gavin & Stacey, Nighty Night and The Mighty Boosh.
Jack Cocker
(Director)
Janet Lee
(Executive producer)
Gabriel Jagger
(Executive producer)
Karen Steyn
(Producer)
