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Anita Dobson is one of our most distinguished actresses and has had an extensive, award-winning career in theatre, film and television. Perhaps best known for playing Angie Watts in Eastenders, a role for which she won the Pye award for Television Personality of the Year, the Daily Mirror's Actress of the Year and the TV Times Actress of the Year award, voted for by the public. Anita's extensive theatre credits include: The Three Sisters (Royal Court) Frozen (National Theatre) for which she was nominated for an Olivier, Evening Standard and London Critics Award. Chicago (Adelphi Theatre) Thoroughly Modern Millie (Shaftesbury Theatre) ?Dolly Levi' in Hello Dolly (Theatre Royal Lincoln and on tour); Calendar Girls (Noel Coward Theatre) and recently She Stoops to Conquer at the Theatre Royal, Bath. She has also appeared in numerous films including The Rise and Fall of the Krays and most recently London Road based on Rufus Norris' acclaimed National Theatre production. Anita has appeared on Strictly Come Dancing and also earned a silver disc for her hit record Anyone Can Fall in Love. She will be interviewed by former music critic for The Independent, writer and broadcaster Edward Seckerson.