Thailand: Earth's Tropical Paradise: The Central Heartland
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Tuesday, January 6 on BBC Four (9)
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The Central Heartland
In central Thailand's forests, fertile plains and even its city streets, nature finds a way of living alongside people, and spirituality can be found in human and animal relationships, both likely and unlikely. This bustling region is known as the nation's rice bowl - but even here, there are magical places to be found. Narrated by Sophie Okonedo
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Sophie Okonedo
(Narrator)
Born:
January 01, 1969
in
London
Best Known For:
Her role in Hotel Rwanda.
Early-life:
Born on January 1, 1969, in London, to a Jewish mother and Nigerian father. He was a government worker who returned to his native country when Sophie was five, leaving her mother to raise her. She left school at 16 and worked on a clothing stall at Portobello Market. She later attended a writing workshop run by Hanif Kureishi, but discovered she was better at acting in plays than writing them, prompting her to study at Rada. Upon graduating, she embarked on a series of theatrical roles.
Career:
Throughout the 1990s, Okonedo steadily built up a body of TV credits, including appearances in Casualty, The Bill and The Governor. She got her break in films with a small role in 1995 Jim Carrey vehicle Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. She also featured in The Jackal and Mad Cows, but it was Stephen Frears' thriller Dirty Pretty Things that people really began to take notice. More TV work followed in Clocking Off, Never Never and Spooks, before an Oscar-nominated performance in Hotel Rwanda. Other projects include Doctor Who, Tsumani: The Aftermath, The Secret Life of Bees, Skin, Criminal Justice, and Mrs Mandela.
Quote:
"I'm pretty secure about who I am. Anything that's truthful I'm not ashamed of."
Julian Hector
(Executive producer)
Steve Cole
(Series producer)
