Yeah, I agree, though he's got a bit judgemental in his old age.

What's the old git been saying? There was that disparaging assessment of David Tennant a few years back when Tennant did Hamlet and Miller described him as 'that man from Dr Who' and suggested that his celebrity was the reason he got the role. I haven't kept an eye on his recent doings.

 

He had a pop at the BBC being run by - as I remember - "Media Studies twerps" a while ago, and another at the National Theatre for not commissioning him. He also grumbles about ageism in the arts. 

Jonathan Miller: Him no longer grumbling about ageism in the arts, him gorn.

My God, I just saw that. And I'd went and poked around in the attic last night to retrieve my copy of his 1966 Alice in Wonderland after thinking about him the other day. Soz - must be my fault.

Well, I hope they stick a few of his plays and films etc on the telly.

He was the people's theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist, Private Eye contributor and medical doctor specialising in neurology.

OMG now Clive James has gone too. Can we stop this thread?

I mean, Alan Bennett will be glancing over his shoulder with some unease...

I know. Twattery. The world was much better with him for all his cantankerousness. Clive James, too: I think it's the prospect of a Johnson government  that's dropping them.