Episode Three – George Hall in Conversation with Belinda Lang

George Hall at 100 is a special series celebrating the life and career of one of the most important, influential and inspirational acting teachers in the history of British theatre.To mark George’s 100th birthday on February 5th 2025, his friends recorded new, fascinating and often very funny conversations with him, resulting in five episodes full of star names and fabulous anecdotes.In episode three, the renowned theatre and television actress Belinda Lang, who left the Central School of Speech and Drama in 1974, chats with George about Central in the '70s.Entertaining stories also come from Tessa Peake-Jones, Peter Davison, Kevin Whately, Lalla Ward, Fern Britton, Johanna Adams Farley, Janet Ellis and Peter Guinness, who were all taught by George during that decade.They share drama school experiences from auditions to final performances, reflect on the impact George had on their lives and recall fellow students including Carrie Fisher, who left the course early when she was cast in Star Wars.George studied alongside Joan Plowright and Prunella Scales at the Old Vic School in 1949–51, and during his subsequent eight-decade career, he has also been an actor, cabaret artist, BBC television music director, voice coach, writer, theatre director, music hall performer, international lecturer and a composer of film and TV scores. He even wrote a song with Clive Dunn that was produced by George Martin and then banned by the BBC!George was Director of the legendary acting course at Central for nearly a quarter of a century, taught at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama for another 22 years, Yale University for over a decade and is still teaching the history of musical theatre at the Royal Academy of Music after more than 30 years.Sir Tony Robinson, Neil Pearson, Leonie Mellinger, Nickolas Grace and Nigel Lilley have also recorded conversations with George for the other four episodes in the series. And you'll hear from the likes of Michael Grandage, Freddie Fox, Sara Kestelman, Priscilla Morgan, Lindsay Duncan, Rufus Sewell, James Purefoy, Peter Chelsom, Harriet Thorpe, Christopher Eccleston, James Nesbitt, Zoe Wanamaker, David Horovitch, David Robb, Amanda Barrie, Tom Read Wilson, Mary Hammond and Wendy Allnutt.George Hall at 100 is produced by Square Elephant Productions with Danny Garlick. The series has been generously supported by Steve Moreschi whose great uncles, the theatrical agents Sonny and Hyman Zahl, worked with George in the 1950s.For more information please contact [email protected] follow the show on Instagram @GeorgeHallat100Music by ⁠Maksym Malko⁠ from ⁠Pixabay