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Soka Afrika

Producers Sam Potter and Simon Laub talk about their documentary film which investigates the trafficking of talented young African football players to Europe

Producers Sam Potter and Simon Laub talk about their documentary film which investigates the trafficking of talented young African football players to Europe and the hardship that faces those who fail to get a contract with a club.

Pow! is the first novel by Chinese writer Mo Yan to come out in English since he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012. His translator, Howard Goldblatt, talks about the novel and Mo Yan's work.

Matthew Barley, Britain's most adventurous cellist is marking the centenary of composer Benjamin Britten's birth by playing 100 concerts in extraordinary venues around the UK, from a swimming bath to a barn, from churches to a cave.

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18 minutes

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Fri 18 Jan 2013 12:32GMT

Chapters

  • Soka Afrika

    Producers Sam Potter and Simon Laub talk about their documentary film

    Duration: 06:04

  • Pow! by Mo Yan

    The new novel from the Nobel Prize winning Chinese author

    Duration: 05:32

  • Matthew Barley celebrates Britten at 100

    How Britain's most adventurous cellist is marking the centenary

    Duration: 05:52

Broadcasts

  • Thu 17 Jan 2013 20:32GMT
  • Fri 18 Jan 2013 03:32GMT
  • Fri 18 Jan 2013 12:32GMT