This time we review Believe It (Series 4 Legacy)
Based on 'glimmers of truth', Believe It! is the bizarre, revealing and, most importantly, untrue celebrity radiography of Richard Wilson.
Celebrity autobiographies are everywhere. Richard Wilson has always said he'd never write one but he does narrate this 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, addiction, charity work and fierce rivalry with Sean Connery and Ian McKellen (not true).
All the melodramatic staples of celebrity-autobiography are undercut by Richard's deadpan delivery.
Written by Jon Canter.
Produced by Clive Brill.
Directed by Clive Brill.
A Brill production for BBC Radio 4.
Believe It is available here: https://bbc.in/3fQfKmL
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