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Cinema: open for business

Cinema: open for business. As cinemas opened for the first time in five months, have concerns about the so-called Indian variant made people think twice about visiting them?

With Antonia Quirke

As cinemas opened for the first time in 5 months, have concerns about the so-called Indian variant made people think twice about visiting their local picture palace ? Antonia takes a mini-tour of London cinemas and hears from Kevin Markwick, owner of the Uckfield Picture House, and from listeners who went to the flicks on opening day: Simon Barraclough, Ruby Phelan, Pamela Hutchinson and Michael O'Kelly.

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28 minutes

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Sun 23 May 2021 23:00
91热爆 Radio 4

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