Where Did It All Go Right?

Ali Jones talks to some of our best-loved creatives about how they turned their pipe dreams into payslips. This week Ali chats to portrait artist Tom Croft. Tom has painted many a famous face, and appeared on Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2018.

Ali Jones talks to some of our best-loved creatives about how they turned their pipe dreams into payslips. This week Ali chats to award-winning special effects makeup artist David Malinowski. David has worked on many tv shows and films from Doctor Who to The Darkest Hour.

Ali Jones talks to some of our best-loved creatives about how they turned their pipe dreams into payslips. This week Ali chats to children's and YA author Jo Cotterill. Jo is known for her books such as A Library of Lemons, Looking At The Stars and A Storm of Strawberries.

Ali Jones talks to some of our best-loved creatives about how they turned their pipe dreams into payslips. This week Ali chats to economist Tim Harford. Tim is the Undercover Economist at the FT and is author of the best-selling book Fifty Things That Made The Modern Economy.

Ali Jones talks to some of our best-loved creatives about how they turned their pipe dreams into payslips. This week Ali chats to comedian Al Murray. Al is well-known for his character The Pub Landlord but also writes, presents, makes documentaries and is a top-notch drummer.

Ali Jones talks to some of our best-loved creatives about how they turned their pipe dreams into payslips. This week Ali chats to astrophysicist Chris Lintott. As well as being an esteemed professor at the University of Oxford, Chris presents the BBC series The Sky at Night.

Ali Jones talks to some of our best-loved creatives about how they turned their pipe dreams into payslips. This week Ali chats to comedy writer Andrew Dawson. Andrew, alongside his brother Steve and friend Tim are the Dawson Bros who have written a lot of the comedy you have seen on tv - from Big School with David Walliams to Saturday Night Takeaway.

Ali Jones talks to some of our best-loved creatives about how they turned their pipe dreams into payslips. This week Ali chats to broadcaster Bob Harris. Bob has been on air for nearly 50 years broadcasting on Radios 1 and 2 and everywhere else in between.  Known for hosting The Old Grey Whistle Test and more recently as host of Radio 2's country show, he's also a writer and runs his own production company. When he's not starring in the film Wild Rose, you can find him in his studio at home, under the apple tree.

Ali Jones talks to some of our best-loved creatives about how they turned their pipe dreams into payslips. This week Ali chats to actress Maureen Lipman. You can see Maureen in Coronation Street at the moment but she's had an incredibly varied career that has encompassed writing, acting on stage and in film and much, much more.

Ali Jones talks to some of our best-loved creatives about how they turned their pipe dreams into payslips. This week Ali chats to BBC4 boss Cassian Harrison. Cassian is responsible for the strategy of BBC4 and under his leadership, the channel has grown to its highest audience share in its history.