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Series 1: Alison Lapper
Alison Lapper – an artist, a muse, a mother – explores her life through art and archive in this visually rich and emotionally intimate documentary as she emerges from the most difficult period of her life after the loss of her son Parys.
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Series 2: Yinka Shonibare
British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare is a multidisciplinary visual artist, working across fabrics, painting, drawing, sculptures and film. He was nominated for the prestigiou ...
24-11-2025
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Series 2: Cornelia Parker
One of Britain's best-loved and most-acclaimed contemporary artists, Cornelia Parker, reveals herself as a painter for the first time as she works towards a new exhibition title ...
20-11-2025
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Series 2: Val Mcdermid
In her own words, 'Queen of Crime' Val McDermid reflects on her colourful writing career with unapologetic honesty and a black sense of humour. Val opens up about the real-life ...
11-11-2025
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Series 2: Tom Jones
In an intimate and heartfelt interview, Britain’s biggest voice, Sir Tom Jones, reflects on his extraordinary life and stellar career in song.\n \nFrom his proud working-c ...
05-11-2025
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Series 2: Frederick Forsyth
In this intimate, candid and compelling documentary, legendary British thriller writer Frederick Forsyth tells his extraordinary life story in his own words.\n\nFrom behind the ...
29-10-2025
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Series 1: Jilly Cooper
This film celebrates a supremely insightful, funny and sharp-eyed chronicler of our lives and times: Dame Jilly Cooper. \n\nHaving sold over 12 million books, few other British ...
06-10-2025
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Series 1: Jackie Kay
Jackie Kay is one of Britain’s most loved and lauded poets. She is also a playwright and writer and from 2016 until 2021 was Scotland’s makar, the national poet for ...
02-10-2024
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Series 1: Hanif Kureishi
Hanif Kureishi is one of Britain's most eminent and outspoken writers, whose work encompasses fiction, plays, screenwriting and non-fiction essays. Now, in this definitive and i ...
24-09-2024
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Series 1: Alison Lapper
Alison Lapper – an artist, a muse, a mother – explores her life through art and archive in this visually rich and emotionally intimate documentary as she emerges fro ...
16-09-2024
BBC 1
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Series 1: Billy Connolly
Neither Parkinson’s disease nor age have diminished Billy Connolly’s wit or wisdom in this astonishingly intimate self-portrait of the stand-up pioneer turned cultur ...
09-09-2024
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In My Own Words
Series 2: Tom Jones
In an intimate and heartfelt interview, Britain’s biggest voice, Sir Tom Jones, reflects on his extraordinary life and stellar career in song.\n \nFrom his proud working-c ...
05-11-2025
BBC 1
In My Own Words
Series 2: Val Mcdermid
In her own words, 'Queen of Crime' Val McDermid reflects on her colourful writing career with unapologetic honesty and a black sense of humour. Val opens up about the real-life ...
11-11-2025
BBC 1
In My Own Words
Series 2: Yinka Shonibare
British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare is a multidisciplinary visual artist, working across fabrics, painting, drawing, sculptures and film. He was nominated for the prestigiou ...
24-11-2025
BBC 1
In My Own Words
Series 2: Frederick Forsyth
In this intimate, candid and compelling documentary, legendary British thriller writer Frederick Forsyth tells his extraordinary life story in his own words.\n\nFrom behind the ...
29-10-2025
BBC 1
In My Own Words
Series 2: Cornelia Parker
One of Britain's best-loved and most-acclaimed contemporary artists, Cornelia Parker, reveals herself as a painter for the first time as she works towards a new exhibition title ...
20-11-2025
BBC 1
In My Own Words
Series 1: Hanif Kureishi
Hanif Kureishi is one of Britain's most eminent and outspoken writers, whose work encompasses fiction, plays, screenwriting and non-fiction essays. Now, in this definitive and i ...
24-09-2024
BBC 1
In My Own Words
Series 1: Jackie Kay
Jackie Kay is one of Britain’s most loved and lauded poets. She is also a playwright and writer and from 2016 until 2021 was Scotland’s makar, the national poet for ...
02-10-2024
BBC 1
In My Own Words
Series 1: Alison Lapper
Alison Lapper – an artist, a muse, a mother – explores her life through art and archive in this visually rich and emotionally intimate documentary as she emerges fro ...
16-09-2024
BBC 1
In My Own Words
Series 1: Jilly Cooper
This film celebrates a supremely insightful, funny and sharp-eyed chronicler of our lives and times: Dame Jilly Cooper. \n\nHaving sold over 12 million books, few other British ...
06-10-2025
BBC 1
In My Own Words
Series 1: Billy Connolly
Neither Parkinson’s disease nor age have diminished Billy Connolly’s wit or wisdom in this astonishingly intimate self-portrait of the stand-up pioneer turned cultur ...
09-09-2024
BBC 1