A biography covering the life and career of actor/director Laurence Olivier. Melvyn Bragg interviewed Olivier over a nine month period in 1982, and presents a candid conversation with the star. Includes rare footage of an Olivier screen test with Vivien Leigh. Includes clips from No Funny Business, Rebecca, Lady Hamilton, Richard III, Hamlet, Voyage Round My Father and interviews with Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sir Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft, Sir John Gielgud, Sir Ralph Richardson, John Osborne and Joan Plowright.