Exploring the life and career of one of the UK's most successful songwriters - the man behind the much-loved songs of The Housemartins, The Beautiful South and latterly Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott.
In this unprecedented documentary, we unravel the life and work of one of Britain’s most successful songwriters of the past three decades. With first-time access to Paul’s family, friends and former work colleagues, we delve into his personal archive of his meticulously-kept notebooks, along with his latest, yet unpublished lyrics. The Documentary pieces together the inspirations behind the songs of The Housemartins and The Beautiful South, as well as those of his solo career and more recent reunion with Beautiful South singer Jacqui Abbott.
Paul talks us through the first songs he ever wrote and his favourite and least favourite lyrics from his career to present date with a concert performed with Jacqui and his band as part of a push for there to be a memorial to the former Hatfield Main Colliery in South Yorkshire.
From Hull to Heatongrad was broadcast on Channel 4 on Wednesday December 12, 2018.