Arthur Marshall interview | Writer | Mavis | 1977

Respected Journalist Mavis Nicholson speaks to writer and broadcaster Arthur Marshall, MBE. In these extracts Marshall discusses his work and his grumbles against the GPO.
First shown: 19/07/1977
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[@DavidBensonActor]

This is glorious! What a joy to see Arthur Marshall in full flow, a laugh in every line - and with the brilliant Mavis Nicholson, the best telly interviewer we ever had, in my opinion. More Arthur Marshall please!

[@ysgol3]

Dead right about the wonderful Mavis - I so wish there was a DVD of her work instead of all that Parkinson crap.

[@johnf.sowards8707]

@@ysgol3 Hear hear

[@ysgol3]

RIP Mavis, by far the best TV interviewer we've ever had,

[@derekeaton4798]

Lovely to hear the lovely Arthur Marshall

[@rgs6236]

We need more sweet people like him in the world. . . Delightful 😊

[@michaelwhite8031]

I wish England was like that now.

[@_BillyMandalay]

Haha Guess who's hellbent in demolishing it.

[@ghughesarch]

Yes, we need more closeted old queens.

[@algie-t2w]

"Closeted " It was called a "private life".

[@xavierdh2000]

I just love these old interviews with him

[@MrGyges]

Camp as Christmas, and all the better for it - much missed.

[@chrispteemagician]

I loved Arthur as a Kid and forgot all about him until now. Wow, this is great and I agree with the younger me, Arthur is a force of nature.

[@davidreid8075]

Both good people. What happened to Television?

[@Jeffybonbon]

He was a Dunkirk Veteran

[@AlongtheFarClimbDown843]

Arthur Marshall, MBE (10 May 1910 - 27 January 1989) was a British writer, raconteur and broadcaster,[1] born in Barnes, London[2] in the UK. He was best known as a team captain on the BBC's Call My Bluff.

[@susansantapola]

Yes remember well.

[@terrydaniel-qm9mh]

Listening in jan 2024 ( lovely man / great interview) and full of humour .

[@stephenholmes1036]

Agreed

[@michelez715]

Dear Arthur Marshall! I always loved him, but his remarks on P. G. Wodehouse sealed the deal. Any admirer of the Master is OK with me. Plus Arthur had the most endearing laugh.

[@Moonbeam777-u2f]

Fabulously fantastic

[@nickwyatt9498]

Hats off to the editor who signed him up for The New Statesman in the 70s. There was always a gloomy Trot writing in to complain about this ‘bourgeois’ columnist, but most of us loved him. He must have met The Hitch and Martin Amis! Amazing, adorable man.

[@briforks7681]

I always had a crush on Mavis Nicholson.She is as appealing as I remember from when I was 7.

[@robertclatworthy1857]

We viewed his house in Devon after he died. A lovely cottage but needed alot of modernising. We would have liked to live in Christow. It never happened

[@crystalheart9]

Isn't he delightful!

[@DavidBensonActor]

Treasurable!

[@crystalheart9]

Yes indeed, I've only recently found a few videos with him.

[@xavierdh2000]

crystalheart9 lol yes he is! Lol

[@surreyboy84]

I wonder what he’d think about the price of a stamp these days. They’re also trying to get out of delivering post on Saturdays now.

[@westhamunited67]

He was a good friend of Larry Grayson❤❤

[@stephenholmes1036]

Billy was a good man too

[@algie-t2w]

I was very young when I watched this and wished that she was my Auntie Mavis. 😊

[@algie-t2w]

I wonder what Arthur would think of a first class stamp now cost over thirty shillings in old (proper) money. 😊

[@DavidJohnson-yq4nz]

Treasure

[@ftorres93]

A wonderful old gossip.....lol

[@NotMody]

منور يا جون

[@gh5363]

It's a delight to hear someone speaking so fluently on the television. But essentially he is a very self-centred man, and this rather takes the gilt off the gingerbread.

[@Chillmax]

I suppose I can understand why you might think that, but he did live on his own and he was paid to give his opinions, both written & in person, and his opinions were loved, so how else do you expect him to sound? Public figures generally do behave like this, so pointing out Marshall in this way does seem a little odd, and frankly I don't find it that pronounced, as I'm interested in his opinions about life or himself either way!

[@gazarmstrong3218]

I always remember him being quite an affable chap; however, in this interview he comes across as a moaning pain in the arse.

[@Omnicient.]

Yes I used to to enjoy him but the more I learn about his political leanings the more I go off him.

[@paulweir7122]

@@Omnicient. Snap, Omni !

[@Buttlands]

@@Omnicient. I wonder what they were?

[@Chillmax]

@@Omnicient. So you like someone until you realise that they don't agree with you, not a good way to be.

[@NPSee-dv2xr]

@@Omnicient. Oh what's the matter, was it because he was 'right wing'? You stick to championing the LGBTQ+ degeneracy, BLM and Islam that's seeing the Great Replacement get rid of white liberals like yourself.

[@meirwise1107]

A grumpy old man complaining like a grumpy old woman.