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In My Own Words
In My Own Words
TV ShowReturning Series

In My Own Words

2024
2 seasons
10 episodes
Documentary

Get up close to artists, writers, actors, comedians and poets – and discover both what fires their imaginations and the forces that have shaped their extraordinary lives.

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Cast

Billy Connolly

A

Alison Lapper

J

Jilly Cooper

Jackie Kay

Hanif Kureishi

Frederick Forsyth

Tom Jones

Val McDermid

C

Cornelia Parker

Y

Yinka Shonibare

Seasons

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

  • Billy Connolly

    1.Billy Connolly

    02-09-202445m

    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.

  • Alison Lapper

    2.Alison Lapper

    09-09-202444m

    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 diff...

  • Hanif Kureishi

    3.Hanif Kureishi

    16-09-202445m

    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.

  • Jackie Kay

    4.Jackie Kay

    23-09-202445m

    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.

  • Jilly Cooper

    5.Jilly Cooper

    30-09-202444m

    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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