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Season 1

  • S01E01 Billy Connolly

    • September 2, 2024
    • BBC One

    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.

  • S01E02 Alison Lapper

    • September 9, 2024
    • BBC One

    Alison Lapper – an artist, a muse and a mother – explores her life through art and archive in this visually rich and emotionally intimate documentary.

  • S01E03 Hanif Kureishi

    • September 16, 2024
    • BBC One

    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.

  • S01E04 Jackie Kay

    • September 23, 2024
    • BBC One

    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.

  • S01E05 Jilly Cooper

    • September 30, 2024
    • BBC One

    This documentary celebrates Jilly Cooper as a supremely insightful, funny and sharp-eyed chronicler of our lives and times.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Frederick Forsyth

    • October 21, 2025
    • BBC One

    In this intimate, candid and compelling documentary, legendary British thriller writer Frederick Forsyth tells his extraordinary life story in his own words.

  • S02E02 Tom Jones

    • October 28, 2025
    • BBC One

    In an intimate and heartfelt interview, Britain’s biggest voice, Sir Tom Jones, reflects on his extraordinary life and stellar career in song.

  • S02E03 Val McDermid

    • November 4, 2025
    • BBC One

    ‘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.

  • S02E04 Cornelia Parker

    • November 11, 2025
    • BBC One

    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.

  • S02E05 Yinka Shonibare

    • November 18, 2025
    • BBC One

    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.