Actor and filmmaker Stanley Tucci will front series “The Californian Century,” set to air on BBC Radio 4.
Tucci will play a cynical screenwriter who narrates the stories of ten people who helped build California over the last 100 years. They include Francis Boggs, the first person to direct a full movie in California; Hattie McDaniel, the first black actor to win an Oscar for her role in “Gone With The Wind”; rapper Ice-t; and Jerry Brown, the longest serving governor of the state.
The 10-part series is created, written and produced by BBC journalist Laurence Grissell.
Tucci said: “Having spent a lot of time working in California, I was very interested in narrating this series about the people who made the biggest impact on the state during its most fruitful century.”
Richard Knight, BBC Radio 4’s factual commissioning editor, added: “California’s political, social and cultural significance is huge – touching...
Tucci will play a cynical screenwriter who narrates the stories of ten people who helped build California over the last 100 years. They include Francis Boggs, the first person to direct a full movie in California; Hattie McDaniel, the first black actor to win an Oscar for her role in “Gone With The Wind”; rapper Ice-t; and Jerry Brown, the longest serving governor of the state.
The 10-part series is created, written and produced by BBC journalist Laurence Grissell.
Tucci said: “Having spent a lot of time working in California, I was very interested in narrating this series about the people who made the biggest impact on the state during its most fruitful century.”
Richard Knight, BBC Radio 4’s factual commissioning editor, added: “California’s political, social and cultural significance is huge – touching...
- 2/17/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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