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Poster for Star Wars at the BBC

Star Wars at the BBC

2015 · 17 min

A breezy, affectionate trawl through dusty archive clips, full of nostalgic charm and gentle laughs at how strange the future blockbuster once seemed.

Genres
Documentary
Starring
Peter Serafinowicz, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher
Overview
A long time ago in a TV studio not so far away, the stars of the original Star Wars film came to the BBC to promote their then-unknown movie. Want to see a Wookie on Blue Peter, or Luke Skywalker meet Michael Aspel? Then take a look through archive BBC footage – much of which has not been shown since the 70s – to see how UK viewers were introduced to the idea of ‘the force’, protocol droids and galactic princesses. Did Mark Hamill really appear on Coronation Street? Peter Serafinowicz, the voice of Darth Maul himself, will reveal the answer.

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Genres
Documentary
Starring
Peter Serafinowicz, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher
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    Genres
    documentary
    Starring
    Peter Serafinowicz, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, David Prowse, Anthony Daniels, Noel Edmonds
    Cinematography
    Owen Scurfield
    Runtime
    17 min
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    English

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