Scriptwriter and producer Joe Tucker shares the real-life tale of his Uncle Eric, who turned to painting portraits of working-class life as a way of trying to make sense of his own. A true story about class and ambition, loneliness and community, success and failure; told with real heart and humour it reminds us that the extraordinary can be found in the most unexpected places. With host Steven Gale.

Joe Tucker originally trained as an animation director before becoming a television scriptwriter. With his scriptwriting partner, Lloyd Woolf, he has created and written the BBC shows Witless, Click & Collect and Black Ops.

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