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Dev Patel on Monkey Man, which books are on the curriculum?

Actor Dev Patel talks about his directorial debut, Monkey Man, and as exam season approaches, we ask which books are currently being taught in our schools, and why.

Actor Dev Patel joins to talk about his directorial debut Monkey Man, a movie inspired by the Indian legend of Hunaman that tells the dark and brutal story of a young man in Mumbai out to avenge the life of his mother.

As exam season approaches we ask which books are currently being taught in our schools, and why? We speak to Kit de Waal, whose breakthrough novel My Name is Leon has just been made a curriculum text, and Carol Atherton, English teacher and author of 鈥淩eading Lessons: The Books We Read at School, the Conversations They Spark and Why They Matter鈥.

MGM was Hollywood鈥檚 most famous maker of lavish musicals like such classics The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St Louis and Singin' in the Rain. As the famed film studio turns 100, musician and broadcaster Neil Brand has made a new Radio 3 documentary looking at their legacy. Critic David Benedict joins to discuss.

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  • Tue 2 Apr 2024 19:15

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