The Banana (1997)
The Velvet Underground's John Cale tells the story behind Andy Warhol's famous LP cover, Auberon Waugh and John Walters recall their first encounters with the fruit after the war, and footballer Brendan Batson considers how they became a symbol of racism hurled from the terraces
- Date of release
- 1997-12-24
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Kate Meynell
Casting
- Vernon Joyner — Narrator (voice)
- Brendon Batson — Self
- John Cale — Self
- Deborah Cavendish — Self - The Duchess of Devonshire
- Harry Hill — Self
- Darcus Howe — Self
- Spike Milligan — Self
- John Walters — Self
- Auberon Waugh — Self
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