Links are to external sites except where noted.
Me and My School Photo in the Daily Mail - 26
November 2011
Alun reminisces about his childhood and early education in this
interview, accompanied by a school photo of him as a 9-year-old.
Interview with Graham Keal in the Sunday Sun
- 18 July 2004
This interview, which took place prior to the airing of
When I'm 64, has a
lot of background information on Alun's early life and career,
including a story about the gravedigger who helped him get his first
theatre job.
"A Star Thanks to
Someone" (link to jpg file on this site) - TV
Times, 11-17 October 1975
This early interview, at the time of The Stars Look Down,
mentions the mysterious letter that got Alun his first theatre job. See
also the entry for
The Stars Look Down
for a quote from Alun about growing up in a mining community from a
different issue of the TV Times.
Interview with Paul Kalina in The Age
- 8 November 2007
Another interview with good background information, such as a
bit about filming of
Days of Hope
in which his father took part as an extra.
Interview
with TES Magazine - 27 June 2008
An interview in a magazine for teachers focusing on his education and
the teachers who inspired him.
Father & son interviews with the TV Times (link
to jpg file on this site) - 10-16 April 2010
Alun and his son Joe Armstrong talk about making
A Passionate Woman,
in which they played older and younger versions of the same character.
"The Making of Thenardier" in The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)
- 3 March 2002
Armstrong gave this interview during a 25th wedding anniversary trip to Sri
Lanka, talking mainly about
Les Misérables.
Audio interview with Radio Scilly,
Part 1 and
Part 2 (links to mp3 files) - 2008
A chat about holidays on the Isles of Scilly as well as some insights on
his favourite roles.
Interview with The Mirror - 19 November 2011
Includes a number of anecdotes from his long career.
Tour
anecdote from The Royal
Shakespeare Company Yearbook, 1984/85 (link to
jpg file on this site)
Armstrong discusses his experiences on the small-scale tour for
The Crucible and
The Winter's Tale,
calling it "the most successful bit of theatre I've ever done."
"Get Armstrong" in Screen Daily
- 23 March 2011
Recounts the story of how he was cast in his screen debut
Get Carter, told at the
40th anniversary celebration of the film.
Interview with the Eastern Daily Press - 18 July 2009
Interviewed on the occasion of receiving an honorary degree from the
University of East Anglia, Armstrong recalls memories of Norfolk
including his first lead role in a major play in Willy Russell's
One for the Road.
Interview with Ian Wylie the Manchester Evening News
- 13 June 2006
In which Alun confesses to being a "big softie" and discusses
The Girls Who Came
to Stay.
Interview with Memorable TV - 14 April 2006
Another interview about
The Girls Who Came
to Stay including a tidbit about teatime with the Armstrongs.
Video interview on the opening night of Les
Misérables (link to Youtube) - 5 October 1985
Armstrong is briefly interviewed, at around 6:30, in this piece filmed at the opening night party.
Garrow's Law Press Pack interview
- 9 November 2011
An interview about the third series of Garrow's Law and the
character of John Southouse.
When I'm 64 Press Pack interview - 2 July 2004
Similar to the Sunday Sun interview above, with a bit more
about getting older and hill-walking.
New Tricks Press Pack interviews
from
10 March 2004 and
8 April 2005
Alun's thoughts on Brian Lane and his co-star Scruffy, as well as the
rest of the gang.
Garrow's Law article at What's On TV - 30 October
2009
A short interview about filming Garrow's Law
in a hot converted whisky warehouse.
Dan Peggotty character profile at PBS
A brief snippet about how his love of Dickens began by reading
David Copperfield
aloud in school.
