The definitive story of Beatrix Potter
This one off documentary landmarks the 150th
anniversary of Beatrix Potter’s birth.
National treasure Patricia Routledge returns to our screens to
take us on a journey into the fascinating story of one of the world’s greatest
artists, authors and farmers!
Internationally loved and admired, Patricia is the Patron of the Beatrix Potter Society and is a
passionate expert about Beatrix Potter.
Join Patricia on a visual feast featuring the stunning landscapes
of Cumbria and a close up look at the remarkable art created by one of the
greatest illustrators in the world. Delve into Potter’s journal that she began
writing at only 15 and discover the fascinating code she developed – it was not
cracked until 8 years after her death!
And explore the farming legacy Beatrix left behind, enabling many
Cumbrian farmers to continue making a living.
Authored with passion, perhaps even obsession, this charming and
fascinating programme, tells the definitive and most comprehensive story of
Beatrix Potter; a practical, formidable, remarkable woman.
This
documentary also ties into the release of a previously unseen story, The Tale of
Kitty-In-Boots, due to be published in September of this year. The story was
written just before the outbreak of the First World War but never published in
Potter’s lifetime.
