Lonesome Pine has gained exclusive access to music royalty Dolly Parton for a Channel 5 feature length special Dolly Parton: In Her Own Words.
Being inaugurated into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has given Parton the opportunity to make her first Rock & Roll album. In this programme, she talks about her work and how it has led to her new album, Rockstar.
Using interviews and archive footage, Dolly Parton: In Her Own Words explores just what has made Dolly Parton and her music so revered across the Globe.
In this 90-minute special, the show also hears from singer-song writers and musicians Emmylou Harris and Peter Frampton, as well as radio and television presenter Ken Bruce, to get further insight into the music of Dolly Parton.
Dolly Parton: In Her Own Words was commissioned for Channel 5 by Greg Barnett, Commissioning Editor, Factual Entertainment and Unscripted, Channel 5 & Paramount+. Executive Producers for Lonesome Pine are Lewis Carnie and Lesley Douglas and the Director is Matt O’Casey.
Greg Barnett, Commissioning Editor, Factual Entertainment and Unscripted, Channel 5 & Paramount+ says: “I’m absolutely delighted the world’s biggest country music star has chosen to talk exclusively to Channel 5. She’s had quite the life, a career spanning more than 50 years – is still going strong in 2023 and has huge plans for the future. This will be an enlightening, endearing and entertaining special.”
Lesley Douglas, Executive Producer, Lonesome Pine adds: “It’s a great opportunity to see and hear from the Queen of Country who is also now the Queen of Rock N Roll.”
Dolly Parton: In Her Own Words will air Friday 29th December, 9pm on Channel 5 & My5.
Pippa Considine
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