Great Lives: Richard Beckinsale

Series 11, episode 0

Series in which a guest nominates someone has having led a 'great life'. Alan Davies, star of Jonathan Creek and Bob and Rose, nominates a man who died less than three decades ago and whose life was so brief, that no one has yet written it up. But there was and still is something about Richard Beckinsale that remains extraordinarily well loved. With contributions from Stephen Frears, who directed him in two films, and his widow Judy Loe, plus archive of his Porridge cell mate Ronnie Barker. Presented by Matthew Parris.