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Grayson Perry’s Full English Series Premiere (Channel 4 Thursday 26 January 2023)
Grayson Perry’s Full English airs a new episode tonight Thursday 26 January 2023 on Channel 4.
Series Premiere To find out what it means to be English in the modern world, Grayson Perry embarks on a journey across the country in his new series. Who exactly are the English? Grayson sets out from the south to learn more about the English national identity.
Grayson and his white-van driver, Kirk, travel the country in search of artefacts for an exhibition on Englishness. Along the way, they meet a wide range of people with contrasting perspectives on the subject.
When he gets to Dover, he encounters Jeremy, who lives on a boat and patrols the English Channel in search of immigrants. Although Jeremy claims to be defending England, it’s unclear what, exactly, he’s defending or whether the England he envisions even existed at all.
Grayson meets up with some pumped-up football fans in Munich’s bars and beer basements before the England vs. Germany match. What new, and possibly startling, perspective on what it means to be English will they bring to the table?
Grayson visits the west country to investigate traditional English culture. To join in a ceremony with the British Druid Order, he dons the guise of a deer spirit.
After that, he pays a visit to the rural mansion of musicians Pearl Lowe and Danny Goffey, where he is met with a wistful longing for England’s once-glamourous past. After much searching, he comes upon a group of people who have broken into the country estate of Tory peer Lord Benyon in an effort to recover a piece of our shared heritage.
Airdate: Thursday 26 January 2023 at 9.00pm on Channel 4.
Season 1 Episode 1
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