Friends and Crocodiles, actors and authors

Robert Lindsay plays Sneath

He started as Citizen Smith, graduated to portraying a politician in the drama GBH and is now one of Britain's most accomplished actors.

This weekend, Robert Lindsay stars in one of the highlights of BBC One's winter season.

Friends and Crocodiles charts the shifting power balance between a high flying businessman nd his secretary

Set in the 1980s and 90s, it's written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, the man behind the award winning drama The Lost Prince.

And, Robert Lindsay plays one of the witnesses to the central drama - journalist Sneath.

We found out more, when Robert Lindsay and Stephen Poliakoff joined us live in the Breakfast studio.

"I'm trying to draw the audience into the recent past, in a similar way to The Lost Prince," Stephen Poliakoff explained.

We talked live to the director and one of the stars

With Friends and Crocodiles, he's exploring the excess of business life in the 1980s, set against the backdrop of a time of turbulent change.

He's particularly interested in the sort of relationship which develops between boss and secretary - almost like a professional marriage.

A linked drama, called Gideon's Daughter, will be shown later this year.

Friends and Crocodiles is on Sunday night on BBC One at 9pm