Steven Knight on Sitting Bull
Steven Knight, creator of ‘Peaky Blinders’, nominates Sitting Bull. With Jacqueline Fear-Segal and Matthew Parris. From 2017.
For Steven Knight, the screen writer and director of ‘Peaky Blinders’ and ‘Taboo’, it was easy to nominate his great life. For him there was just one choice, his all-time hero Sitting Bull.
As a young boy growing up in Birmingham in the 1970s, Steven was obsessed with stories and tales of Native Indians. At the age of thirteen, Steven searched for pen-pals and ended up exchanging letters with the great grand-children of Sitting Bull who lived in South Dakota. The correspondence and friendship he built up has continued into his adult life.
Steven, makes his case for why Sitting Bull is a great life and to help unravel this story he is joined by Jacqueline Fear-Segal, Professor of American and Indigenous Histories at the University of East Anglia.
Presented by Matthew Parris.
Producer: Perminder Khatkar
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2017.
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Matthew Parris, Jacqueline Fear-Segal and Steven Knight after the recording.
Matthew Parris, Jacqueline Fear-Segal and Steven Knight after the recording.
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| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Matthew Parris |
| Interviewed Guest | Steve Knight |
| Interviewed Guest | Jacqueline Fear-Segal |
| Producer | Perminder Khatkar |
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Tue 9 May 201716:30BBC Radio 4- Fri 12 May 201723:00BBC Radio 4
- Thu 9 Sep 202118:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 10 Sep 202100:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 11 Sep 202107:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
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- Sun 12 Sep 202105:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
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