Novelist, film-maker and artist Clive Barker is the leader of the popular fantasy and horror genre, with international best-sellers such as Weaveworld and box office hits including the Hellraiser features to his credit. This programme charts Barker’s extraordinary progress from his home town of Liverpool to Hollywood, where he now lives, and explores his literary and cinematic journeys into the darker reaches of human experience.
John Steinbeck
This profile of one of the most popular writers of the twentieth century reassesses this classic American novelist and reveals that there is more to his work than the gritty social realism normally associated with his name. Shot on location in the places that inspired Steinbeck’s books, the programme includes interviews with his widow, his biographer and others who knew him.
Jean-Claude Carriere
Over the last thirty years, few writers have made as significant a contribution to European cinema as Jean-Claude Carrière. In this programme he gives an in-depth interview about his work as a screenwriter, talking about his experiences of collaborating with directors such as Jacques Tati, Louis Malle, Luis Buñuel, Andrezj Wajda and Jean-Paul Rappeneau. Clips from their films are used to illustrate his methods and approach.