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Just Juvenilia

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Episode 5: Just Juvenilia: Roger Michell

Just Juvenilia: Roger Michell

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Director Roger Michell describes working on his first television drama, Downtown Lagos.

Roger Michell, director of films including Notting Hill, Changing Lanes and Hyde Park on Hudson, describes working for the BBC in the 1980s on his first TV drama, Downtown Lagos.

Writers, painters and other practitioners re-visit an early piece of work. And tell us what they think about it now:

5. Roger Michell, director of such films as Notting Hill and Hyde Park on Hudson, describes working for the BBC in the 1980's. He was fresh out of theatre, and making his first drama was a huge challenge - aesthetically and technically..

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People in the arts revisit an early piece of work and explain what they think about it now

Writers, painters and other practitioners revisit an early piece of work and explain what they think

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