Guy Ritchie, China Mieville, George Cole remembered
Arts news, including Guy Ritchie on The Man From U.N.C.L.E., fantasy writer China Mieville on his new collection of short stories and the actor George Cole remembered.
Guy Ritchie's latest project is a reworking of the 1960s classic TV series The Man From U.N.C.L.E., and he's given it a glossy, big-budget, action-packed makeover. The director discusses the appeal of revisiting the Cold War period and the attraction of its two protagonists Napoleon Solo and his nemesis Ilya Kuryakin.
Fantasy fiction writer and academic China Mi茅ville discusses social anthropology, superstition, and fancying the word 'vector', as he talks about his new collection of short stories, Three Moments of an Explosion.
George Cole, who played Arthur Daley in the TV series Minder, has died aged 90. The BFI's Dick Fiddy reflects on the actor's long career.
As US TV comedy The Last Man On Earth comes to UK screens, Fisun Guner discusses the appeal of post-apocalyptic films and TV shows.
Presenter Samira Ahmed
Producer Jack Soper.
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Fantasy fiction writer and academic China Mi茅ville
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Guy Ritchie
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Guy Ritchie
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George Cole remembered
Duration: 05:15
China Mieville
Duration: 09:32
Post-apocalyptic films and TV
Duration: 05:21
Man From U.N.C.L.E.
. is in cinemas from Friday 14 August, certificate 12A.
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China Mi茅ville
Three Moments of an Explosion by 聽is available in hard back and ebook now.聽
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The Last Man on Earth
begins on Monday 10 August at 9pm on Dave.
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Role Contributor Interviewed Guest Guy Ritchie Interviewed Guest China Mi茅ville Interviewed Guest Dick Fiddy Interviewed Guest Fisun Guner Broadcast
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