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Believe It!

Series 2

Episode 1: Victor

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Jon Canter's "radiography" of Richard Wilson returns for a second series.

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 autobiography of Richard Wilson.

He narrates the series with his characteristic dead-pan delivery, 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 and fierce rivalry with Sean Connery and Ian McKellan (not true).

The title - in case you hadn't spotted - is an unashamed reference his famous catchphrase.

Written by Jon Canter
Produced and Directed by Clive Brill
A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. Show less

Contributors

Terry Savage:
Simon Greenall
Francois Mattieu:
Simon Greenall
Bob Geldof:
Lewis Macleod
Margaret Thatcher:
Steve Nallon
Mickey Mouse:
David Tennant
Lisa McTaggart:
Jane Slavin
Old Woman:
Jane Slavin
Tabitha:
Lotte Rice
Sheila Goldenberg:
Samantha Spiro
Writer:
Jon Canter
Producer:
Clive Brill

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