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Rizwan and Jack

Bill Bailey matches life-saving railway worker Rizwan with multimedia artist Jack Dickson to create a stunning portrait.

Comedian and art lover Bill Bailey matches a life-saving railway worker with a celebrated artist to create a well-deserved portrait.

East Londoner Rizwan stopped someone trying to take their own life in his first week of working for London Underground. In eight years, Rizwan has stopped another 28 people from coming to harm. His training teaches him how to spot vulnerable people, but his gift is how he relates to them individually. Attempting to capture this remarkable man in a portrait is multimedia artist Jack Dickson, who describes himself as an ‘artistic magpie’. He collects clues about his subjects' lives and then builds them into multilayered visual artworks.

What will Rizwan and his family think of the finished result?

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29 minutes

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Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterBill Bailey
NarratorBill Bailey
EditorDan Bowen
EditorMike Crawford
Director of photographyJarrod Roberts
Production ManagerMegan Croft
Assistant ProducerTom Humble
Assistant ProducerJim Martin
Executive ProducerAli Quirk
Executive ProducerNav Raman
Series ProducerDavid Skudder
ProducerTom Power
ProducerTom Bowman
ProducerPhil Broadhurst
DirectorTom Power
DirectorTom Bowman
DirectorPhil Broadhurst
Production CompanyChatterbox Media

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