City of Belmont - Ruth Faulkner Public Library

Be it as Nicky Hutchinson in Our Friends in the North, Maurice in The A Word, or his reinvention of Doctor Who, one man, in life and death, has accompanied Christopher Eccleston every step of the way – his father Ronnie. In I Love the Bones of You, Eccleston unveils a vivid portrait of a relationship that has shaped his entire career trajectory, mirroring and defining his own highs and lows, from stage and screen triumph to breakdown, anorexia and self-doubt. The actor reveals how his background in Salford shaped his desire to make drama forever entwined with the marginalised, the oppressed and the outsider. Movingly, and in scenes sadly familiar to increasing numbers, Eccleston also describes how the tightening grip of dementia slowly blinded his father to his existence, forging a new and final chapter in their connection, as ‘Ronnie Ecc’ still walks alongside him today. Told with trademark honesty and openness, I Love the Bones of You is a celebration of those on whom the spotlight so rarely shines, as told by a man who found his voice in its glare. This is a love letter to one man and a paean to many.

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I Love the Bones of YouMy Father and the Making of Me