A la part, I'm Chris Hewitt, and welcome to this very special Ampar podcast.

Amazingly, it's been 16 years since Brian Roman left the BBC's flagship film program,

film insert year here, and arguably the greatest theme tune in the history of television.

The shadow he cast as Britain's highest profile film critic continues nonetheless.

His new book, See You in the Morning, is a heartfelt account of his marriage to his late

wife Diana, and when he came with the pod booth for this special, filled the semiannick

descendant and I, three people who probably wouldn't be doing what we do now had not been

for our love of Baza and the film program, jumped at a chance to interview him for a wonderful

hour or so about his life, his love, and a landmark program of which I've been lucky enough

to have been a small part as a great man might say, and why not, enjoy.

We are delighted to be joined in the pod booth by the legend that is Barry Norman, and

I saw you pull the face when I called you a legend, but I will start off by saying that

I think, honestly, the three of us here wouldn't be sitting here, wouldn't be film journalists

if it wasn't for you, and you know, you had such an impact, is that something that you hear

quite a lot?

You're up watching film in third year here.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

No, actually, yes, it sounds immodest, but I have heard that quite a lot, and I'm deeply

flattered every time I hear it, because you know, I had no idea I was having any kind of

impact at all, really.

I was just doing a job which I enjoyed doing, which seemed to me to be better than working,

and you know, nobody found me out for a very long time, and I was happy to go on with it.

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