Film '72: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Film '72 Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Episode 18
May 8, 1973
Lindsay Anderson's film O Lucky Man! (1973) is the official British entry to this year's Cannes Film Festival. Barry Norman reviews the film and looks at the career of Lindsay Ande
Episode 21
Jun 5, 1973
Barry Norman looks at the new films, including Billy Wilder 's Avanti! (1972) starring Jack Lemmon, and Steelyard Blues (1973) starring Jane Fonda.
On Location 'The Revenge of Dr. Death'
Aug 7, 1973
Film reviews, plus 8 minute location report on "Madhouse" ( Doctor Death- working title) AIP/Amicus. Interviews with actors, Peter Cushing and Vincent Price, and Director Jim Clark
It's Not a Grown-Up Man's Job Any More...
Sep 18, 1973
Dirk Bogarde, once Britain's top box office star, has gone into virtual retirement since he completed Death in Venice in 1970. He lives now in a converted farmhouse in the South of
Episode 36
Oct 2, 1973
Film 73 looks at how two 'cult figures' from literature have been brought to the screen: Barry Norman discusses The Adventures of Barry Mackenzie with a guest critic and Neville Sm
Episode 46
Dec 18, 1973
Barry Norman recalls the films and personalities featured in the programme in 1973, including Michael Caine and Sleuth, Diana Ross and Lady Sings the Blues, Jack Lemmon and Save th