In My Own Words (UK)

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  • BBC One
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Billy Connolly
Episode overview
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.
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Alison Lapper
Episode overview
Alison Lapper – an artist, a muse and a mother – explores her life through art and archive in this visually rich and emotionally intimate documentary.
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Hanif Kureishi
Episode overview
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.
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Jackie Kay
Episode overview
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.
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Jilly Cooper
Episode overview
This documentary celebrates Jilly Cooper as a supremely insightful, funny and sharp-eyed chronicler of our lives and times.

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