Clive James's Postcard from...

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| genre = Travel documentary

| runtime = 50 minutes (BBC)

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| writer = Clive James

| starring = Clive James

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

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BBC1 (Series 1–6)
ITV (Series 7–9)

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| company = Watchmaker Productions (ITV)
Carlton (ITV)

| first_aired = {{start date|1989|01|04|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1999|09|19|df=y}}

| num_series = 9

| num_episodes = 18

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Clive James' Postcard from... (sometimes shortened to Postcard(s) from...) was a TV travel documentary series written and presented by Clive James, originally broadcast between 1989 and 1999.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba03df344 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305070706/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba03df344 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 March 2019 |title=Clive James – Filmography |website=BFI |language=en |access-date=24 February 2020}} In each episode James visited a notable world city, exploring tourist hotspots and commenting on the city's appeal in his trademark wry comic style, as well as conducting interviews with famous inhabitants.

The first six series (1989-1995) were produced by the BBC, while the further 5 episodes (1996-1999) were produced by Watchmaker Productions (co-founded by James) for Carlton Television (ITV franchise). In the United States the show aired on PBS.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/24/arts/television-review-postcards-with-quite-an-edge.html|title=Postcards With Quite An Edge|last=O’Connor|first=John J.|date=24 July 1995|work=The New York Times|access-date=11 January 2020|language=en-US}}

In a 1992 interview James said that Postcards was his most personal work.{{Cite web |last=van Panhuis |first=Bert |url=https://www.trouw.nl/gs-b0073155 |title=Negen persoonlijke prentbriefkaarten van Clive James |date=5 June 1992 |website=Trouw |language=nl-NL |access-date=11 January 2020}} He had previously been a columnist for The Observer newspaper between 1976 and 1983, contributing travel diaries which were later compiled into the book Flying Visits.{{Cite book | title=Flying Visits: Postcards From The Observer, 1976-83 | last=James | first=Clive | date=1984 |location=London |publisher=Jonathan Cape | language=en | isbn=0224022121}}

Following James' death in November 2019, all 13 episodes of Postcards produced by the BBC were rebroadcast on BBC Four between January and March 2020 (not in chronological order).{{cite web | title=Clive James |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rzs36 |website=BBC |access-date=19 March 2020}}

Episodes

In the first series (1989), James visited Rio de Janeiro, Chicago and Paris (where he interviewed Beatrice Dalle).{{cite web |title=Clive James' Postcards – All Seasons |url=https://www.thetvdb.com/series/clive-james-postcard-from/allseasons/official |website=TVDB |access-date=24 February 2020}} In the second series (1990) he visited Miami, Florida, meeting Don Johnson and Gloria Estefan, while other episodes brought him to Rome, Shanghai and Los Angeles. In Rome James talked with Vittorio Mussolini and Leonard Bernstein, while in L.A. he met Dudley Moore and Kirstie Alley. The third series (1991) focused on Sydney{{Cite episode |title=Postcard from Sydney |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000d29l |access-date=24 February 2020 |series=Clive James |last=James |first=Clive |station=BBC One |date=30 May 1991 |series-no=3 |number=1 |language=en}} and London,{{Cite episode |title=Postcard from London |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rzvjz |access-date=24 February 2020 |series=Clive James |last=James |first=Clive |station=BBC One |date=31 July 1991 |series-no=3 |number=2 |language=en}} the two cities with which James was most associated during his life.{{cite web | last=Jeffries | first=Stuart | title=Clive James obituary | url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/nov/27/clive-james-obituary | date=27 November 2019 | website=The Guardian | access-date=11 January 2020}} Whilst in the latter, he talked with Michael Caine, Victoria Wood, Peter Cook and Terence Donovan. The fourth series (1993) brought James to Cairo, where he met Omar Sharif.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fzl2|title = BBC Two - Clive James, Postcard from Cairo}} In the fifth series (1994) he travelled to New York City (where he met Richard Price and Ivana Trump), while the sixth (1995) took him to Bombay{{cite web |author=|title=Clive James – Postcard from Bombay (1995) |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7e1df47f |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127205741/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7e1df47f |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 November 2019 |website=BFI |access-date=24 February 2020}} and Berlin{{cite web |author= |date=19 October 2014 |title=Sunday Documentary: Clive James – Postcard from Berlin |url=https://withberlinlove.com/2014/10/19/sunday-documentary-clive-james-postcard-from-berlin/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180608174951/https://withberlinlove.com/2014/10/19/sunday-documentary-clive-james-postcard-from-berlin/ |archive-date=8 June 2018 |website=BerlinLove |access-date=24 February 2020}} (where he interviewed German singer Meret Becker). In 1996 James went to Hong Kong (where he met Maggie Cheung, Chris Patten, Lord Lichfield and Kai Bong Chow). In 1998 he went to Las Vegas, the Melbourne Cup, and Mexico City. In the final episode in 1999 he visited Havana.{{cite news |author= |date=18 September 1999 |title=Island of dreams turns sour; Clive James: Postcard From Havana ITV, 11.15pm |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Island+of+dreams+turns+sour%3B+Clive+James%3A+Postcard+From+Havana+ITV%2C...-a060358416 |location=Glasgow |work=Daily Record |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162154/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Island+of+dreams+turns+sour%3B+Clive+James%3A+Postcard+From+Havana+ITV%2C...-a060358416 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |access-date=24 February 2020}}

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Clive James in...

Not to be confused with the Postcard from… series, James had previously made three city-based documentaries under the Clive James in… title for London Weekend Television. A fourth was made in 1995 by Watchmaker Productions, his first travelogue since moving back to ITV from the BBC.

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| Title = Clive James Live in Las Vegas

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| Title = Clive James in Dallas

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