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Short, animated poems, specially commissioned to bring the work of the 2022 BBC Words First finalists to the screen.
Series 1: Serendipity (3 mins)
- Maya Angelou at the BBCPoet, singer, activist. A nostalgic look at the inspiring life and career of Maya Angelou58 mins
- Angelou on BurnsA kindred spirit. The poet’s pilgrimage to Scotland to celebrate the Bard of Ayrshire48 mins
- A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin ZephaniahA life in verse. The poet revisits his home city to reflect on how it shaped his work29 mins
- A Quare TonguePoet Damian Gorman gets to grips with Ulster-Scots.29 mins
- Out of the SilenceFrom the margins to the mainstream. Anne McMaster and the women writing in Ulster-Scots59 mins
- ReleaseRobert Hughes talks to leading pop artists in New York. (1969)29 mins
- Bridget Riley - Painting the LineA portrait of a true visionary and one of our greatest living painters.59 mins
- Julian Barnes: Beyond the PageA quiet man, an extraordinary legacy. The acclaimed novellist on his life and final novel29 mins
- New CreativesA grieving mother finds pictures of the life her son would have had if he’d lived.5 mins
- Dance PassionCorey Baker’s film rallies dancers, drones, precision drivers and a closed track.5 mins
- Caroline Walker: Women's WorkNever done, hardly noticed — an artist visualises the unseen efforts shaping female lives59 mins
- LegendsThe music of his life. Melodic memories of a super singer and extra special songwriter59 mins
