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Hollywood Greats (1977)

Documentary · History

Hollywood Greats was a BBC Television series, which began in 1977. The film critic Barry Norman wrote and narrated a series of in depth profiles on major Hollywood film personalities, in which he interviewed surviving associates. He later made a series called British Greats in 1980. A series of books, entitled The Hollywood Greats, The Movie Greats and The British Greats, which were authored by Norman were subsequently published. A series of the same name was later presented by Jonathan Ross from 1999 to 2006.

IMDb rating
7.6 (185 votes)
Seasons
4
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Seasons

Season 1 (1977)

5.34 avg 5 episodes 2.4 → 8.7 45 min avg

  • Slow burn
  • Big finale
Ep 1: 2.4 · 113 votesEp 2: 3.5 · 114 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 109 votesEp 4: 4.5 · 111 votesEp 5: 8.7 · 126 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Clark Gable2.4113
2Errol Flynn3.5114
3Spencer Tracy7.6109
4Gary Cooper4.5111
5Humphrey Bogart8.7126

Season 10 (2004)

8.47 avg 3 episodes 8.3 → 8.7

  • Rising
  • Consistent
Ep 1: 8.3 · 109 votesEp 2: 8.4 · 116 votesEp 4: 8.7 · 117 votes
Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Dustin Hoffman8.3109
2Richard Harris8.4116
4Anthony Hopkins8.7117

Season 11 (2005)

8.77 avg 3 episodes 8.8 → 8.3

Ep 2: 8.8 · 122 votesEp 3: 9.2 · 116 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 114 votes
Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
2Lauren Bacall8.8122
3Jane Fonda9.2116
4David Niven8.3114

Season 12 (2006)

6.17 avg 3 episodes 2.6 → 9.0 40 min avg

  • Rising
Ep 1: 2.6 · 112 votesEp 2: 6.9 · 109 votesEp 3: 9.0 · 114 votes
Season 12 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Harrison Ford2.6112
2Jack Lemmon6.9109
3Marlon Brando9.0114