- Title: Good Ideas Of The 20Th Century: Peter Pan
- Date: 12th October 1993
- Summary: ANDREW BIRKIN IS THE AUTHOR OF JM BARRIE AND THE LOST BOYS, THE DEFINITIVE AND MUCH-ACCLAIMED BIOGRAPHY OF BARRIE. HE IS ALSO A SCRIPTWRITER AND DIRECTOR, WHOSE LATEST FILM, THE CEMENT GARDEN, WON THE DIRECTOR'S AWARD AT THE BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL. PETER PAN WAS WRITTEN JUST AFTER THE TURN OF THE CENTURY AND PUBLISHED IN 1904, AT THE SAME TIME AS THE FIRST FLIGHT BY THE WRIGHT BROTHERS AND EINSTEIN'S GROUNDBREAKING WORK ON THE SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY. THE STORY OF THE BOY WHO DID NOT GROW UP IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT THE POPULAR IMAGINATION AND HAS BECOME ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN WORKS OF LITERATURE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. ANDREW BIRKIN USES HIS KNOWLEDGE OF BARRIE, PARTICULARLY HIS UNEQUALLED ACCESS TO THE AUTHOR'S OWN NOTES, TO LOOK AT WHY THE WORK AND CHARACTER HAS ACHIEVED SUCH ENDURING SUCCESS AND TO SPECULATE ON ITS PLACE AND POWER IN TWENTIETH CENTURY CULTURE.
- Description:SEMINAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO 20TH CENTURY CULTURE (FOR WITHOUT WALLS)
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Kudos Productions Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:12/10/1993
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s