Sue Lawley

Acting

Sue Lawley

Born 1946-07-14 · Sedgeley, Dudley, West Midlands, England, UK

Susan Lawley OBE is an English broadcaster. Her main broadcasting background involved television news and current affairs. From 1988–2006, Lawley was the presenter of Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4.

Acting credits

Bonus Track poster
5.9

George, a 16-year-old who believes he is a future star musician, can't believe his luck when the son of a famous duo takes an interest in his music. This new arrival helps him rehearse for a talent show and leads both boys to learn from each other and grow closer.

Bonus Track

2024

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher poster
7.5

Spoof documentary looking at the life of Normal Stanley Fletcher, the star of 1970s sitcom Porridge played by Ronnie Barker. Featuring fictional footage and interviews with the character's family, friends and associates, the film documents Fletcher's chequered career.

Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher

2003

Barry Humphries at the BBC poster
7.6

Alex Jones looks back at the highlights of Barry’s career on a selection of BBC shows, featuring some of Barry’s funniest, rudest and most revealing moments from over the decades.

Barry Humphries at the BBC

2023

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 poster
NR

Producer Steve Broster takes a look back to 1983 and the celebration of Doctor Who's twentieth anniversary, including the production and transmission of 'The Five Doctors', the media interest and the BBC Enterprises' event at Longleat House. Featuring actors Peter Davison, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, Mark Strickson, Janet Fielding, Carole Ann Ford, John Leeson, Richard Franklin and Caroline John, writer Terrance Dicks, director Peter Moffatt, visual effects designer Mike Kelt, new series writers Paul Cornell and Gareth Roberts, prominent fans Andrew Beech, Ian Levine, Richard Molesworth and James Goss. Presented by Colin Baker.

Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983

2008

Trials and Tribulations poster
NR

A retrospective of Colin Baker's turbulent three-years as the Sixth Doctor in Doctor Who (1963), covering his casting, the 1985 hiatus, and his sacking on the orders of BBC One controller Michael Grade.

Trials and Tribulations

2008

Deborah Harry Does Not Like Interviews poster
5.2

An archival biography film about the early career of Deborah Harry told entirely through press interviews where she endures superficial, tedious, and demeaning questions from journalists.

Deborah Harry Does Not Like Interviews

2019

Wainwright: The Man Who Loved The Lakes poster
8.0

Documentary telling the life story of cult author and renowned fell-walker Alfred Wainwright in England's Lake District.

Wainwright: The Man Who Loved The Lakes

2007