In My Own Words
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.
Seasons
1. Billy Connolly
Air Date: 2024-09-02
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.
2. Alison Lapper
Air Date: 2024-09-09
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.
3. Hanif Kureishi
Air Date: 2024-09-16
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.
4. Jackie Kay
Air Date: 2024-09-23
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.
5. Jilly Cooper
Air Date: 2024-09-30
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.
1. Frederick Forsyth
Air Date: 2025-10-21
In this intimate, candid and compelling documentary, legendary British thriller writer Frederick Forsyth tells his extraordinary life story in his own words.
2. Tom Jones
Air Date: 2025-10-28
In an intimate and heartfelt interview, Britain’s biggest voice, Sir Tom Jones, reflects on his extraordinary life and stellar career in song.
3. Val McDermid
Air Date: 2025-11-04
‘Queen of Crime’ Val McDermid, creator of Karen Pirie and Wire in the Blood, reveals the real criminals and trauma that made her turn to crime writing.
4. Cornelia Parker
Air Date: 2025-11-11
One of Britain's best loved contemporary artists, Cornelia Parker, reveals herself as a painter for the first time as she works towards a new exhibition.
5. Yinka Shonibare
Air Date: 2025-11-18
British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare gives an in-depth interview from his studio in east London, in which he talks candidly about his life and career.
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Rating
0.0/10
Release Date
2024-09-02
Episodes
5 (2 seasons)
Status
Returning Series
Cast
Production Companies
Moonshine Features (GB)
Chalk Productions
Whisper
BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions