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The Souvenir, Bait, Appropriate, Mary Beth Keane, A Confession

Two British indie films, Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir and Cornwall-set Bait, Appropriate at The Donmar Warehouse, Mary Beth Keane's novel Ask Again, Yes, and A Confession on ITV.

Two Brit indie film productions arrive at once: Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir is a slightly autobiographical work about a struggling young film-maker's relationship with a charismatic drug addict. Also Bait; set in a fishing village in Cornwall and with an intentionally handmade aesthetic, it explores the tense relationship between locals and incomers.
Appropriate at The Donmar Warehouse is a new play from Brandon Jacobs Jenkins. A family in the American south are dealing with the estate of their recently deceased father and unearth some unpleasant truths
Mary Beth Keane's new novel - Ask Again, Yes - is set in modern upstate New York following two families whose lives intertwine
A Confession on ITV is based on a realm life crime story and stars Martin Freeman as a policeman who has to push the law to achieve justice

Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Lisa Appignanesi, Emma Jane Unsworth and Andrew Miller
The producer is Oliver Jones

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Tom: Wainwright bagging in The Lake District

Available now

51 minutes

Appropriate

Appropriate
Appropriate is at the Donmar Warehouse in London until 5 October
Image: Marc Brenner

The Souvenir

The Souvenir
The Souvenir is in cinemas, certificate 15

Bait

Bait
Bait is in cinemas, certificate 15

Ask Again, Yes

Ask Again, Yes
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane is published by Michael Joseph
Image: Nina Subin


A Confession

A Confession
A Confession begins on ITV at 9pm on Monday 2 September

Broadcast

  • Sat 31 Aug 2019 19:15

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