The Moorside, 20th Century Women, Peter Greenaway on Russian Revolution at 100
Producer Jeff Pope on The Moorside starring Sheridan Smith, Annette Bening in 20th Century Women reviewed, Pygmalion at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Russian Revolution at 100.
The Moorside, which airs on 91热爆1 at 9pm tonight, is a drama about events surrounding the disappearance of nine year old Shannon Matthews in 2008. Starring Sheridan Smith as Julie Bushby, the woman who orchestrated the hunt for Shannon and Gemma Whelan as Shannon's mother Karen, who was eventually found guilty of the kidnap and false imprisonment of her daughter, the programme has been criticised by some as inappropriate subject matter for a TV show. Executive producer Jeff Pope defends the making of The Moorside and discusses the ethics and challenges of turning real-life events into drama.
In 20th Century Women, Annette Bening stars as a freethinking Santa Barbara mother who enlists the help of two young women in raising her adolescent son during a period of cultural and social turmoil. Film critic Jenny McCartney reviews.
To mark the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Front Row has asked figures from the arts world to champion their favourite work, inspired by events in 1917. Today, film director Peter Greenaway makes the case for Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin.
As a new contemporary staging of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion opens at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Samira met the team behind the production - director Sam Pritchard, sound designer Max Ringham, lead actors Alex Beckett and Natalie Gavin- to discover why they think Shaw's ideas about language and accent as a repository of class and power remain just as relevant in 2017 as they were when the play premiered just over a century ago.
Presenter : Samira Ahmed
Producer : Ella-mai Robey.
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The Moorside
Duration: 09:16
20th Century Women
Duration: 04:41
Peter Greenaway on the Russian Revolution at 100
Duration: 04:47
Pygmalion
Duration: 08:49
The Moorside
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听, the 2-part drama about the kidnapping of Shannon Matthews starts on 07 February 2017 at 9.00pm听on 91热爆 One, and on听the 91热爆 iPlayer.
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Main image above: Sheridan Smith as Julia Bushby in The Moorside.
Image to the left: Julia Bushby (Sheridan Smith) is surrounded by the media in The Moorside.
Images credit: Stuart Wood/ITV/91热爆听
20th Century Women
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is in UK cinemas on 10 February 2017, certificate 15.
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Image: Annette Bening (Dorothea - Left), Elle Fanning (Julie) and Greta Gerwin (Abbie - Right) in 20th Century Women.
Image credit: Cameo Productions听
The Russian Revolution at 100
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on Eisenstein's film Battleship Potemkin.
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, in London is screening Battleship Potemkin with live music on 17 February 2017.听
Peter Greenaway's film is available now on DVD.
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Image: Peter Greenaway
Image credit: Axiom films
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Pygmalion
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directed by Sam Pritchard is at The West Yorkshire Playhouse听 from 07 - 25 February 2017.
from 28 February 2017, visiting Warwick, Liverpool, Leicester, Cheltenham, Bath, Oxford and Southampton, ending on 13 May 2017.
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Image: Natalie Gavin (Eliza Dolittle) and Alex Beckett (Prof Henry Higgins) in Pygmalion.
Image credit: Manuel Harlan
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Role Contributor Interviewed Guest Jeff Pope Interviewed Guest Jenny McCartney Interviewed Guest Peter Greenaway Interviewed Guest Sam Pritchard Interviewed Guest Max Ringham Interviewed Guest Alex Beckett Interviewed Guest Natalie Gavin Presenter Samira Ahmed Producer Ella-mai Robey Broadcast
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