LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes (2026)
The story of the 'matchstick man' painter, one of Britain’s most beloved artists, revealed as never before through intimate and previously unheard hidden recordings. Recorded by a young fan, Angela Barratt, in 1972, the tapes uncover much about Lowry's life story and the changing north he captured in his iconic paintings. The voices in this film are real, lip-synced by actors Ian McKellen and Annabel Smith.
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Cast
Ian McKellen
as L S Lowry
Sir Ian Murray McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. He has played roles on the screen and stage in genres ranging from Shakespearean dramas and modern theatre to popular fantasy and scienc...
Verity Babbs
as Self
Verity Babbs is an art historian, presenter, and comedian from Northamptonshire. She is the author of ‘The History of Art in One Sentence’ which was published by Bloomsbury in 2025. Her father is the...
Jeanette Winterson
as Self
Jeanette Winterson, CBE is an English writer, who became famous with her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, a semi-autobiographical novel about a sensitive teenage girl rebelling against conv...
Stuart Maconie
as Self
Stuart Maconie is a British radio DJ and television presenter, author, journalist, and critic working in the field of pop music and popular culture. Since 2007, Maconie has partnered fellow DJ Mark Ra...
Director
Peter Sweasey