Television appearance
Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks
A BBC Two documentary that reads J. M. W. Turner's 37,000 private sketches, drawings and watercolours for what they reveal about the man behind the paintings.
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Broadcast
- Leslie's role
- Contributor
The programme uses these pages, including erotic sketches never shown on television before, as a way into Turner's private thoughts, creative obsessions and emotional life.
Timothy Spall, who played Turner in Mike Leigh's film Mr Turner, guides viewers through the artist's life with Tracey Emin, Ronnie Wood, Sir John Akomfrah, Orna Guralnik, Chris Packham and art historians including Leslie Primo.