Overview
- The documentary premiered on BBC Two at 9pm on 25 February and is available on iPlayer.
- Radio Times released an exclusive first‑look clip on 24 February featuring Ian McKellen as Lowry lip‑syncing to the original audio.
- The programme uses tapes recorded in the artist’s final four years, offering rare first‑person reflections from a figure who seldom gave interviews.
- Annabel Smith portrays Angela, the young researcher heard interviewing Lowry, with both performers syncing precisely to the archival recordings.
- The film marks the 50th anniversary of Lowry’s death and frames his personal recollections within Greater Manchester’s social and industrial shifts.