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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 ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 in May 2017.

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30 minutes

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Sun 12 Sep 2021 05:30

Matthew Parris, Jacqueline Fear-Segal and Steven Knight after the recording.

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

Broadcasts

  • Tue 9 May 2017 16:30
  • Fri 12 May 2017 23:00
  • Thu 9 Sep 2021 18:30
  • Fri 10 Sep 2021 00:30
  • Sat 11 Sep 2021 07:30
  • Sat 11 Sep 2021 17:30
  • Sun 12 Sep 2021 05:30

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