In My Own Words

202445m

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.

Production

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Seasons

5 Episodes • Premiered 2024

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

Still image for In My Own Words season 1 episode 1: Billy Connolly

1. Billy Connolly

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.

Still image for In My Own Words season 1 episode 2: Alison Lapper

2. 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.

Still image for In My Own Words season 1 episode 3: Hanif Kureishi

3. Hanif Kureishi

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.

Still image for In My Own Words season 1 episode 4: Jackie Kay

4. Jackie Kay

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.

Still image for In My Own Words season 1 episode 5: Jilly Cooper

5. Jilly Cooper

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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