Dad was a showman with nice charisma, however he by no means overpassed the truth that an interview is in regards to the visitor, not the host.
That’s made clear once you assessment the ten,000+ interviews he did, as I’ve performed over the past decade since he left us.
That theme has been central to the collection, David Frost Vs.
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David Frost with Muhammad Ali. Pic: David Paradine Productions Ltd
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Elton John and David Frost in New York in 1978. Pic: Adam Scull/Shutterstock
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John Lennon and Yoko Ono with Sir David. Pic: ITV/Shutterstock
Six particular person movies about essential moments in our latest historical past, which are nonetheless related and resonant at the moment, the place Dad simply occurred to have a entrance row seat, not six movies particularly about Dad.
His terribly revealing interviews with the likes of The Beatles, Yoko Ono, Muhammad Ali, Jane Fonda, Elton John and Richard Nixon are partially so revealing as a result of they got time to breathe.
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Jane Fonda being interviewed by David Frost. Pic: David Paradine Productions Ltd
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David Frost with George Harrison and John Lennon in 1967. Pic: ITV/Shutterstock
Lengthy-form is important to have an opportunity of delivering the era-defining conversations that stand the take a look at of time as he did so usually. Nevertheless it takes far more than that. These conversations are deeply private.
I feel our movies will reveal greater than anticipated in regards to the individuals and subjects we discover since you actually really feel the phrases being spoken.
Dad understood reside tv higher than anybody and when it got here to interviewing, each his visitors and his viewers are drawn in as a result of what drove him was a real curiosity about individuals.
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Sky’s Wilfred Frost interviewing Sir Keir Starmer final 12 months
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David Frost together with his spouse Girl Carina and Wilfred as they left St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington on 19 August 1985. Pic: PA
He by no means entered an interview with an agenda. He was within the individual in entrance of him and what they needed to say.
However I do not assume that’s one thing you possibly can educate or study. He simply genuinely cherished individuals.
David Frost Vs is coming quickly to Sky Documentaries.
