Vivian Leopold James Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Clive James AO CBE (born Vivian Leopold James on 7 October 1939) is an Australian author, critic, broadcaster, poet, translator and memoirist, best known for his autobiographical series Unreliable Memoirs, for his chat shows and documentaries on British television and for his prolific journalism. He has lived and worked in the United Kingdom since the early 1960s.
[on Marilyn Monroe] She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is good at being short.
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Stop worrying, nobody gets out of this world alive.
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Television talked about everything, so I thought if I talk about television I'll be talking about everything too.
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The Americans are the ones who've surprised us. When I was a TV critic, it was just axiomatic that American TV was worthless. Now the box sets coming out of America, I've got a room full of them. I watch them all the time.
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There's no question that the centre of television has been hollowed out by reality shows, which I never watch. It was just a complete accident that I saw Abigail Titmuss and Rebecca Loos in those lounge chairs beside the swimming pool in the Caribbean, adjusting each others bikinis. It was a complete accident I watched that for four nights.
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I had a great time as a critic. It was like writing a poem actually. Writing a column and writing a poem are very similar. The essay and the poem are very close forms, you really, really try to pack it tight. And the column was packed tight. It had a joke paragraph and a serious paragraph. I write poems the same way, I think "What comes next? How do I end this?"
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Fact
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Diagnosed with emphysema in 2010.
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He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2012 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Literature and the Media. He is an author, poet, and broadcaster.
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He was awarded the A.M. (Member of the Order of Australia) in the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to the media particularly as a television broadcaster.
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December 1989: Paid special tribute to Kylie Minogue in his New Year's Eve 1989 "Review of the Decade" on BBC-TV, and presented her with the award for "Woman Of The Decade".
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Studied Civil Engineering at Sydney University. After graduating, he went to England to study at Cambridge University. While at Cambridge, he became a member of the prestigious Cambridge University Footlights Club and, later, President of the Footlights Club.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Monday Night Clive
1999
TV Series writer
Clive James Meets Damon Hill
1997
TV Movie documentary
The Clive James Show
1997
TV Series 1 episode
Clive James' Postcard from...
1989-1995
TV Series documentary written by - 12 episodes
Clive James on 1994
1994
TV Movie
Clive James
1994
TV Series
Clive James on 1993
1993
TV Movie
Fame in the Twentieth Century
1993
TV Series documentary writer
Clive James on 1992
1992
TV Movie
Clive James on 1991
1991
TV Movie
Saturday Night Clive
1989-1990
TV Series writer - 3 episodes
The Late Clive James
1983
TV Series writer
Clive James Live in Las Vegas
1982
TV Movie documentary written by
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Neighbours
1996
TV Series
Postman
Behind the Scenes Footage from Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974
Short
Paddy
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
1974
Paddy
The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
1972
Man passed out at party (uncredited)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Clive James in Japan
1987
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Za gaman
1984
TV Series presenter: UK
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
25 B.C.: The Best of 25 Years of Billy Connolly
1992
Video thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
House of Fraser British Academy Television Awards
2015
TV Special
Himself
Rebels of Oz: Germaine, Clive, Barry and Bob
2014
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Question Time
2002-2010
TV Series
Himself
The South Bank Show
2010
TV Series documentary
Himself
Victoria Wood: Seen on TV
2009
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2009
TV Series
Himself
The 7PM Project
2009
TV Series
Himself
The One Show
2008-2009
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Reporter
Loose Women
2006-2009
TV Series
Himself
The Paul O'Grady Show
2006-2009
TV Series
Himself
The Wright Stuff
2005-2008
TV Series
Himself - Guest Panelist
Breakfast
2008
TV Series
Himself
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
Documentary
Himself
Mornings with Kerri-Anne
2007
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Sunday AM
2005-2006
TV Series
Himself
Clive James Talking in the Library
2006
TV Series
Himself
The Bigger Picture
2006
TV Series
Himself
Tubridy Tonight
2005-2006
TV Series
Himself
The Story of Light Entertainment
2006
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Mark Lawson Talks to...
2006
TV Series
Himself
The Sunday Programme
2002-2005
TV Series
Himself
Richard & Judy
2001-2005
TV Series
Himself
Enough Rope with Andrew Denton
2005
TV Series
Himself
Rove Live
2005
TV Series
Himself
Today with Des and Mel
2005
TV Series
Himself
Who Killed Saturday Night TV?
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Have I Got News for You
2004
TV Series
Himself
This Morning
2004
TV Series
Himself
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
TV Series
Himself
Parkinson
1980-2003
TV Series
Himself
Kelly
2003
TV Series
Himself
Micallef Tonight
2003
TV Series
Himself
The Showbiz Set
2002
TV Movie documentary
Himself
That's Esther
2001
TV Series
Himself
The Heaven and Earth Show
2001
TV Series
Himself
Open House
2001
TV Series documentary
Himself
What a Performance!
1997-2000
TV Series
Himself
The Talk Show Story
2000
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
A Night of 1,000 Years
1999
TV Movie
Himself
Heroes of Comedy
1995-1999
TV Series documentary
Himself
An Audience with Tom Jones
1999
TV Special
Himself - Audience Member (uncredited)
Monday Night Clive
1999
TV Series
Himself - Presenter
Stanley Baxter in Person
1998
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Clive James on Television
1982-1998
TV Series
Himself - Presenter
Clive James on TV
1997-1998
TV Series
Himself - Presenter
Best of British
1998
TV Series
Himself
Ruby
1998
TV Series
Himself
Late Lunch
1998
TV Series
Himself
The Clive James Show
1998
TV Series
Himself - Host
Clive James Meets Damon Hill
1997
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Brunch
1997
TV Series
Himself
Diana: The Nation's Farewell
1997
TV Movie
Himself
The Clive James Show
1995-1997
TV Series
Himself - Presenter
The Mrs. Merton Show
1996
TV Series
Himself
An Evening with Lily Savage
1996
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Audience Member
Clive James' Postcard from...
1989-1995
TV Series documentary
Himself - Presenter
Clive James in Buenos Aires
1995
TV Special documentary
Himself - Presenter
Clive James on 1994
1994
TV Movie
Himself - Presenter
Clive James
1994
TV Series
Himself
Clive James on 1993
1993
TV Movie
Himself - Presenter
Mama's Back
1993
TV Movie
Himself
Fame in the Twentieth Century
1993
TV Series documentary
Presenter
Clive James on 1992
1992
TV Movie
Himself - Presenter
Good Morning Britain
1992
TV Series
Himself
Clive James on 1991
1991
TV Movie
Himself - Presenter
The Clive James Interview
1991
TV Series
Himself
Saturday Night Clive
1989-1991
TV Series
Himself - Host / Himself
Aspel & Company
1986-1991
TV Series
Himself
The Talk Show with Clive James
1990
TV Series
Himself
A Night of Comic Relief 2
1989
TV Special
Himself
Comic Relief
1988
TV Special
Himself
An Audience with Peter Ustinov
1988
TV Movie
Himself
Clive James: Racing Driver
1988
TV Special
Himself
Clive James in Japan
1987
TV Series
Himself
Sunday, Sunday
1986-1987
TV Series
Himself - Guest / Himself
Clive James and the Heroes of San Francisco
1987
TV Special
Himself
Hindsight
1987
TV Series documentary
Himself
Clive James on Safari
1987
TV Special
Himself
Clive James at the Playboy Mansion
1987
TV Special
Himself
All Over Down Under
1986
Video documentary
Himself (voice)
Clive James in Dallas
1985
TV Special
Himself
Billy Connolly: An Audience with Billy Connolly
1985
TV Special
Himself - Audience Member (uncredited)
The Late Clive James
1984-1985
TV Series
Himself - Host / Himself - Presenter
Clive James Meets Katharine Hepburn
1985
TV Special documentary
Himself
Another Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1984
TV Movie
Himself (uncredited)
Clive James Meets Roman Polanski
1984
TV Special documentary
Himself
An Audience with Mel Brooks
1983
TV Special
Himself
Wogan
1983
TV Series
Himself
Clive James Live in Las Vegas
1982
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Presenter
An Audience with Dudley Moore
1981
TV Movie
Himself - Audience Member (uncredited)
Call My Bluff
1980-1981
TV Series
Himself
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1981
TV Series
Himself
Joyce Grenfell 1910-1979
1980
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1979
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Read All About It
1976
TV Series
Himself
So It Goes
1976
TV Series
Himself
Up Sunday
1972-1973
TV Series
Himself
Cinema
1966-1972
TV Series documentary
Himself - Presenter
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Unforgettable Russell Harty
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Interviewee on Saturday Night People
20 to 1
2005-2010
TV Series documentary
Himself
Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters - Volume 2
2005
Video
Himself
Barry Humphries Gives Us the Good Oil
2003
Video
Paddy
Heroes of Comedy
1998
TV Series documentary
Himself
In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett
1995
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
25 B.C.: The Best of 25 Years of Billy Connolly
1992
Video
Himself
Comic Relief: Behind the Nose
1992
TV Movie
Himself
Barry McKenzie: Ogre or Ocker
1974
TV Movie
Paddy
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2015
BAFTA TV Award
BAFTA Awards
Special Award
Known for movies
Clive James' Postcard from... (1989-1995) as Writer
Saturday Night Clive (1989-1991) as Writer
The Talk Show with Clive James (1990) as Himself
Clive James in Buenos Aires (1995) as Himself - Presenter
$1.3 Million
