Cunk on Cinema

I was amused to notice that Diane Morgan's next show on the BBC is called Cunk on Cinema (available on iPlayer from Thursday 12 November, and shown on BBC2 that day at 10pm).

 

She shares a name with the screenwriter who is the first person mentioned in my new book, The Faber Book of British Cinema. The Preface begins: ‘The very first person I ever interviewed – long before I knew I was going to be writing this book – was the Ealing Studios screenwriter Diana Morgan. We met more than thirty years ago at Denville Hall, the residential home for retired members of the theatrical profession…’