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Joanna Scanlan, Kneehigh, Chibundu Onuzo, Time Review

Joanna Scanlan on her role in After Love. We discuss the close of Cornish theatre company, Kneehigh. Chibundu Onuzo on her novel Sankofa. Our Friday review is 91热爆 One's drama Time.

Actress and writer Joanna Scanlan - best known for her comedic roles in tv series such as The Thick of It, Getting On and No Offence - talks to Tom about her role as Mary Hussain an Islam convert in Aleem Khan鈥檚 moving debut feature After Love.

Journalist Lee Trewhela discusses the close of Cornish theatre company, Kneehigh after more than 40 years.

Novelist Chibundu Onuzo discusses her new novel Sankofa, about a woman who grew up in England with her white mother and knowing very little about her West African father. In middle age, after separating from her husband and with her own daughter all grown up, she finds herself alone and wondering who she really is. Her mother鈥檚 death leads her to find her father鈥檚 student diaries, chronicling his involvement in radical politics in 1970s London. She discovers that he eventually became the president 鈥 some would say the dictator 鈥 of Bamana in West Africa. And he is still alive.

We review Jimmy McGovern鈥檚 new 3 part drama for 91热爆 1 is set in a prison. 鈥淭ime鈥 is a taut emotional thriller where moral lines get blurred, starring Sean Bean and Stephen Graham as an inmate and a warder respectively. We're joined by crime writer Mark Billingham and novelist Louise Welsh, who also have some cultural recommendations for listeners to enjoy.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Oliver Jones

Main image: Joanna Scanlan in After Love.
Image credit: The Bureau/BFI

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Joanna Scanlan

Joanna Scanlan
is in UK cinemas now, certificate 12A.聽 聽 聽 聽Images:聽 Main image above, and image to the left: Joanna Scanlan as Mary in After Love.聽 聽聽Image credit: The Bureau/BFI.

Kneehigh Theatre

Kneehigh Theatre
Image: Wild Swimhats for Wild Swimmers by Sue Meier Williams and the Gorran Haven Cold Water Crew, one of Kneehigh Theatre's Random Acts of Art.聽 聽Image credit: Meier Williams

Chibundu Onuzo

Chibundu Onuzo
is out now as a hardback, an eBook or a Downloadable Audiobook.聽 聽聽Image: Chibundu Onuzo聽 聽 聽 聽Image credit: Blayke Images

Time

Time
The three-part series Time starts on 91热爆 One at 9.00pm on 06 June 2021, and is on the 91热爆 iPlayer.聽 聽 聽Image: Stephen Graham (Left) and Sean Bean in Time.聽 聽Image credit: 91热爆/Matt Squire

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