BBC Documentaries

From EastEnders to Hollywood: Antonia Bird (2016x216)

: 22, 2016

Profile of the director, whose career successful spanned the Royal Court Theatre, BBC dramas including Casualty and EastEnders to movies Safe, Priest, Face and Ravenous, before her death in 2013 at the age of 62. The programme explores the struggles she faced and the stories behind her movies, and features contributions from collaborators including Kay Mellor, Robert Carlyle, Anita Dobson and Irvine Welsh.