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Power

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Does power drive you mad? Richard Wilson knows. So do Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and Stanley Kubrick. With David Tennant. From May 2012.

Celebrity autobiographies are everywhere. Richard Wilson has always said he'd never write one.
Based on glimmers of truth, BELIEVE IT is the hilarious, bizarre, revealing (and, most importantly, untrue) celebrity radiography of Richard Wilson.

He narrates the series, weaving in and out of dramatised scenes from his fictional life-story. He plays a heavily exaggerated version of himself: a Scots actor and national treasure, unmarried, private, passionate about politics, theatre and Manchester United (all true), who's a confidant of the powerful and has survived childhood poverty, a drunken father, years of fruitless grind, too much success, monstrosity, addiction, charity work, secret work for governments and fierce rivalry with Sean Connery (not true). All the melodramatic staples of celebrity-autobiography are wonderfully undercut by Richard's deadpan delivery.
(The title - in case you hadn't spotted - is an unashamed reference to his famous catchphrase.)
Richard is supported by a small core cast viz:
David Tennant
John Sessions
Lewis Macleod
Arabella Weir
And Jane Slavin
Who play anyone and everyone!

Ghost written by Jon Canter
Produced by: Clive Brill
A Pacificus Production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 10 Mar 2016 23:00

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Credits

Role Contributor
Narrator Richard Wilson
Actor David Tennant
Actor John Sessions
Actor Lewis Macleod
Actor Arabella Weir
Actor Jane Slavin
Writer Jon Canter
Producer Clive Brill

Broadcasts

  • Wed 30 May 2012 11:30
  • Sun 28 Apr 2013 19:15
  • Fri 3 May 2013 07:30
  • Fri 3 May 2013 22:00
  • Sat 4 May 2013 17:30
  • Sun 5 May 2013 05:30
  • Thu 10 Mar 2016 23:00