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Marva, Lionel and Chloe

Bill Bailey challenges a young artist to paint Marva and Lionel, who have fostered almost 200 teenagers.

Comedian and art lover Bill Bailey matches foster carers Marva and Lionel with a young artist to create a stunning portrait of the deserving couple.

Marva and Lionel decided to make a difference by becoming foster parents to teenagers looking for a loving home. Thirty years later, they have fostered almost 200 young people in need.

The task to capture Marva and Lionel on canvas falls to Manchester-based artist Chloe Cox. The self-taught painter has had a meteoric rise and has already been commissioned by the King and the Windrush Commemoration Committee. Now, she is on a mission to make the people we see on gallery walls more representative of society. What will Marva and Lionel make of the finished work?

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29 minutes

On TV

Fri 7 Mar 2025 19:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Bill Bailey
Narrator Bill Bailey
Director of photography Jarrod Roberts
Editor Dan Bowen
Editor Mike Crawford
Assistant Producer Tom Humble
Assistant Producer Jim Martin
Production Manager Megan Croft
Executive Producer Ali Quirk
Executive Producer Nav Raman
Series Producer David Skudder
Producer Tom Power
Producer Tom Bowman
Producer Phil Broadhurst
Director Tom Power
Director Tom Bowman
Director Phil Broadhurst
Production Company Chatterbox Media

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