BBC Two’s flagship arts series Arena is making a major, revealing documentary with contemplative nun and arts writer Sister Wendy Beckett, to be broadcast Easter 2012.

Sister Wendy has a rare ability to get to the heart of a picture’s narrative, and connect us to its big emotional insights, but she has told us nothing about her life, the unexpected international fame, or the core of her faith.

For the first time Sister Wendy looks back at her life, revealing intimate thoughts, reminiscences, and self-doubt.  At the same time, she uses great old master paintings and examples of modern painting to tell us the gospel stories that were once universally familiar, but are now regularly disregarded.  These are the stories that inspired her life of devotion, stories that she feels have relevance today

Film-maker and Arena series editor, Anthony Wall, director Randall Wright and Sister Wendy introduce the film.

A BBC Arena CTVC Co-production