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.

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Jilly Cooper — Series 1

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"I hope I tell a good story" — Series 1, Jilly Cooper
"This was one of the first poems that I ever wrote."
"I think if you've been bullied as a child it never goes away"
"It was quite an extraordinary thing to come across all these different people"

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