Series 1
5 episodes · Sep 2, 2024
Get up close to artists, writers, actors, comedians and poets.
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S1E1Billy Connolly
Sep 2, 202445mAn 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.
S1E2Alison Lapper
Sep 9, 202444mAlison 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.
S1E3Hanif Kureishi
Sep 16, 202445mHanif 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.
S1E4Jackie Kay
Sep 23, 202445mOne 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.
S1E5Jilly Cooper
Sep 30, 202444mBest-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.