My Night With Reg, Wakolda, 91热爆 Front, Kevin Eldon, The Art and Science of Exploration
Kevin Elyot's My Night With Reg revived, Argentine film Wakolda, Radio 4's 91热爆 Front, Kevin Eldon's book My Prefect Cousin, and The Art and Science of Exploration in Greenwich.
Kevin Elyot's 'My Night With Reg' was originally staged in 1994 and was the first British gay play to win a wide West End audience as well as several theatre awards. it's now being revived at London's Donmar Warehouse. How well does it stand up 2 decades later?
''Wakolda' is a film which tells the story of an Argentinean family who unwittingly shared their house with the Nazi war criminal Joseph Mengele Auschwitz's "Angel of Death" without realising who he was.
As part of Radio 4's' commemorations of the centenary of the outbreak of World War 1, their biggest ever drama commission 91热爆 Front' has just hit the airwaves. It's a mammoth undertaking 500 episodes, 150 hours of dialogue
The actor Kevin Eldon has written a mock-biography of his 'cousin', Paul Hamilton, a rather deluded uninspiring poet who doesn't let his own inadequacies stop his ambition and self-belief.
The Art and Science of Exploration is an exhibition in The Queen's House in Greenwich of some of the work created by artists who accompanied Captain James Cook on his voyages around the globe in 18th Century. Their job was to produce scientific records and imaginative responses to the new unfamiliar territories that they encountered.
Razia Iqbal is joined by Jake Arnott, Emma Woolf and Kathryn Hughes. The producer is Oliver Jones.
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My Night With Reg
Wakolda
My Prefect Cousin
91热爆 Front
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Razia Iqbal |
Interviewed Guest | Jake Arnott |
Interviewed Guest | Emma Woolf |
Interviewed Guest | Kathryn Hughes |
Producer | Oliver Jones |
Broadcast
- Sat 9 Aug 2014 19:1591热爆 Radio 4
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