The Rest Is History launches special series on Walt Disney

The series features interviews with Disney CEO Bob Iger, who will join hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook for two special video episodes.

 Iger offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Disney creator's influence as an animator and filmmaker, as well as the cultural significance and enduring impact of Disneyland.

 Iger also gives Holland and Sandbrook a private tour of Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, and Disneyland Park, which opened in 1955.

Sandbrook said: “Everybody knows the name Disney. It’s an organisation with an almost unparalleled grip on the world’s imagination – particularly of children, when your imagination is most formative.

 “Walt Disney himself is one of the most important cultural figures of the 20th century, and anyone who says ‘Disney is just for children’ completely misses its impact in shaping the imaginations and therefore the cultural and political choices – of hundreds of millions.” Holland said: “Whenever we investigate a subject, we always want to do more – we’re frustrated we can’t carry on.

 “With Walt Disney, we thought it only right to come to Disney – to Disneyland itself.

 “Walt Disney, more than any other figure, embodies 20th-century American culture, and Disneyland is a remarkable creation – one of the most influential architectural works of the mid-20th century.”