大象传媒

John Wilson explores the intimate moments of creative inspiration that have been experienced by some of our best known artists.

The actress Lisa Dwan recalls the unforgettable impact of seeing her first Beckett play on television, and then, as a young actress, receiving the script for 鈥淣ot I鈥� and realising that this was a man who was writing for 鈥榯he voices in my head鈥�.

Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream talks about writing poetry as child in a tough Glaswegian comprehensive school and the breakthrough moment during the writing of the band鈥檚 hit 鈥業鈥檓 Losing More Than I鈥檒l Ever Have鈥� when he realised you didn鈥檛 have to use metaphor or symbolism, but instead could channel raw, honest emotion.

Novelist Sara Collins remembers fleeing Jamaica with her family at the age of four, after her father was forced into exile during the political turmoil of the mid-1970s. As the feelings of displacement and loss of identity overwhelmed her, she found solace in the world of Hans Christian Andersen鈥檚 Little Match Girl.

Produced by John Wilson
Executive Producer: David Prest
A Whistledown production for 大象传媒 Radio 4