In My Own Words

Series 1

5 episodes · Sep 2, 2024

Get up close to artists, writers, actors, comedians and poets.

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  • Billy Connolly
    S1E1

    Billy Connolly

    Sep 2, 202445m

    An astonishingly intimate self-portrait. With unflinching honesty and brilliant humour, Sir Billy looks back on his triumphs and failings as an entertainer, husband and father.

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  • Alison Lapper
    S1E2

    Alison Lapper

    Sep 9, 202444m

    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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  • Hanif Kureishi
    S1E3

    Hanif Kureishi

    Sep 16, 202445m

    Hanif Kureishi explores his life and career using personal archive footage and his films to reveal a portrait of a man who is as honest, challenging and witty as his work.

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  • Jackie Kay
    S1E4

    Jackie Kay

    Sep 23, 202445m

    One of Britian’s most loved poets, Jackie Kay, on how her powerful work draws from her life’s journey, considering race, gender and identity with tenderness and humour.

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  • Jilly Cooper
    S1E5

    Jilly Cooper

    Sep 30, 202444m

    Best-selling novelist and journalist Dame Jilly Cooper candidly reflects on her life and work, and how it has held up a mirror to our sex lives, class obsessions and relationships.

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