Joan Collins: A Life in Lipstick

RADIO 2, 9.00PM

The super-glamorous actress and author Dame Joan Collins reflects on her 70 years in showbusiness – from Hollywood beauty standards to relationships and losing out on the role of Cleopatra to Elizabeth Taylor – across two episode. In the first episode, she discusses growing up in a family familiar with “the business” thanks to her aunts who worked in theatre and her father, who was an agent. As well as archive clips and music, there are contributions from David Hasselhoff and Julian Clary.