Hockney has written a personal account of his own work, entitled Hockney on Hockney. Autobiographical in tone – with a wealth of archival material provided by his mother – it covers his childhood in Bradford, his notoriety and success at the Royal College of Art in London, his discovery of the pleasures of California, and above all his thoughts on painting and the art that influenced him. Clip taken from The Book Programme, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 21 October, 1976.