In My Own Words

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.

Documentary

Seasons

Billy Connolly

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.

Alison Lapper

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.

Hanif Kureishi

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.

Jackie Kay

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.

Jilly Cooper

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.

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Rating

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Release Date

2024-09-02

Episodes

5 (1 seasons)

Status

Returning Series

Cast

Production Companies

Moonshine Features (GB)

Chalk Productions

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