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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
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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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