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Sir Kenneth Branagh; Michael Symmons Roberts; Sensing Spaces

Kenneth Branagh on directing Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, plus poet Michael Symmons Roberts, and the Royal Academy's new multi-sensory architecture exhibition. With Mark Lawson.

With Mark Lawson

Sir Kenneth Branagh talks about his latest film: the return of Tom Clancy's iconic creation, Jack Ryan. In Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, the CIA analyst is up against a ruthless Russian oligarch, played by Branagh - who also directed the thriller. He discusses the parallels between directing multi-million dollar action films and stage-productions of Shakespeare, and the influence of Laurence Olivier.

Costa poetry prize winner Michael Symmons Roberts discusses his latest collection, Drysalter. The book is his sixth collection of poetry, consisting of 150 poems, each one fifteen lines long. He explains why it was helpful to have formal constraints to hold the poems together, and the social uses of poetry.

The main galleries of the Royal Academy have been transformed by its latest exhibition, Sensing Spaces, in which seven architectural practices from around the world have been commissioned to allow visitors to engage with structures, perspectives, sounds, textures - even scents. Mark visits the exhibition, together with author and critic Rachel Cooke.

Producer: Gabriella Meade.

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30 minutes

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Thu 23 Jan 2014 19:15

Chapters

  • Sir Kenneth Branagh

    Duration: 15:56

  • Sensing Spaces

    Duration: 06:32

  • Michael Symmons Roberts

    Duration: 05:33

Sir Kenneth Branagh

Sir Kenneth Branagh talks about his latest film: the return of Tom Clancy's iconic creation, Jack Ryan.

Michael Symmons Roberts

Costa poetry prize winner Michael Symmons Roberts discusses his latest collection, Drysalter.

The Royal Academy - Sensing Spaces

The main galleries of the Royal Academy have been transformed by its latest exhibition, Sensing Spaces, in which seven architectural practices from around the world have been commissioned to allow visitors to engage with structures, perspectives and聽sounds. Rachel Cooke reviews.

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Role Contributor
Presenter Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest Kenneth Branagh
Interviewed Guest Michael Symmons Roberts
Interviewed Guest Rachel Cooke
Producer Gabriella Meade

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  • Thu 23 Jan 2014 19:15

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