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and produced b
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(L. S. Lowry), Noel Gallagher and Dame Paula Rego. Visiting the Tate Modern store to view its Lowry collection the documentary asks why, despite his popular appeal, the Tate does not have any of its 23 Lowrys on show to the public. Lowry’s heiress Carol Lowry (no relation) appears for the first time on film, describing her 19 year friendship with Uncle Laurie. When Lowry died, he left everything to her in his will; the film features her own personal archive which was found in Lowry’s house. The film sparked controversy. Tate Britain came under fire in the press for not displaying any of its collection of works by L.S. Lowry. The museum subsequently held a major exhibition of Lowry’s landscapes in 2013 entitled "Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life". The film was the first of ITV’s ''

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'' strand on Sunday 24 April 2011.

Credits

; Contributors *

* Carol Ann Lowry * Noel Gallagher * Dame Paula Rego * Gillian Lynne * Jeffrey Archer * Ben Timperley * Andrew Kalman * Robin Light * Edwin Mullins * Jonathon Horwich * Peter Wroe * Pam Heywood * Chris Stephens * Prof. Michael Fitzgerald * Darren Goldsmith * Martha Leebolt * Helena Clark-Maxwell * Sally Kalman

References

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* 2011 television films 2011 films 2011 documentary films {{2010s-documentary-film-stub