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Clive James (I) (1939–2019)

While at Cambridge, Clive began a fruitful songwriting partnership with Pete Atkin. With Clive's lyrics and Pete's vocals and musical settings, they released six critically-acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful albums in the early 70s before Pete moved on to audio production at the BBC. Clive toured with Pete in a words and music show promoting ... See full bio »

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Known For

Za gaman Additional Crew
(1984)
Neighbours Postman
(1996)

Filmography

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 1999 Monday Night Clive (TV Series) (writer)
 1997 Clive James Meets Damon Hill (TV Movie documentary)
 1997 The Clive James Show (TV Series) (1 episode)
 1989-1995 Clive James' Postcard from... (TV Series documentary) (written by - 12 episodes)
- Berlin (1995) ... (written by)
- Bombay (1995) ... (written by)
- New York (1994) ... (written by)
- London (1991) ... (written by)
- Sydney (1991) ... (written by)
 1994 Clive James on 1994 (TV Special)
 1994 Sunday Night Clive (TV Series)
 1993 Clive James on 1993 (TV Special)
 1993 Fame in the Twentieth Century (TV Series documentary) (writer)
 1992 Clive James on 1992 (TV Special)
 1991 Clive James on 1991 (TV Special)
  Saturday Night Clive (TV Series) (written by - 11 episodes, 1989) (writer - 3 episodes, 1989 - 1990)
- Episode #3.3 (1990) ... (writer)
- Episode #3.2 (1990) ... (writer)
- Episode #2.5 (1989) ... (written by)
- Episode #2.1 (1989) ... (writer)
- Episode #1.10 (1989) ... (written by)
 1989 Clive James on the 80s (TV Special) (written by)
 1986 All Over Down Under (Video documentary)
 1983 The Late Clive James (TV Series) (writer)
 1982 Clive James Live in Las Vegas (TV Movie documentary) (written by)
 1959 Enquiry Into (TV Series) (narrative script)
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Show Show Soundtrack (1 credit)
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Show Show Self (125 credits)
Show Show Archive footage (26 credits)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Non-Fiction: 2006 "North Face of Soho - Unreliable Memoirs Volume IV" by Clive James, Picador

Publicity Listings:

4 Interviews | 2 Articles | See more »


Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)

Spouse:

Prue Shaw  (his death)  (2 children)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on religion, given that he was a lifelong atheist] An advertising agency for a product that does not exist. See more »

Trivia:

His parents gave him the first name Vivian, but he changed this to Clive after Vivien Leigh appeared in Tuulen viemää (1939) and the name became almost exclusively a woman's name. See more »

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