Val McDermid, Angela Lansbury, Mandela Trilogy
Val McDermid reveals what she does when she's stuck with her writing and Angela Lansbury on playing Jessica Fletcher in Murder She Wrote
Actress Angela Lansbury on playing Jessica Fletcher in Murder She Wrote and her seventy years of performing. Kim Chakanetsa reports from backstage at the musical Nelson Mandela Trilogy. We meet the choir who sang on the soundtrack of Lord of the Rings 鈥� in Elvish! The Queen of Crime fiction, . Australian slam poet and hip-hop artist Luka Lesson interprets 91热爆r鈥檚 Odyssey. Bestselling author of The Dinner, Herman Koch, tells us about his latest novel which explores what happens when fiction influences fact and musician Clarence Adoo from the Paraorchestra who played in the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympics on a special instrument designed for him after he was paralysed from the neck down in a car-accident.
(Photo shows: Val McDermid (c) Fraser Rice, Angela Lansbury (c) Ian Gavan/Getty, Aubrey Lodewyk as Mandela 3 in Mandela Trilogy (c) Silvia Lelli)
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Angela Lansbury
One of Hollywood and Broadway's most legendary figures talks about her life
Duration: 10:01
Remembering Nelson Mandela in three acts
Michael Williams has written a triology that is part opera and part musical theatre
Duration: 05:33
London Voices
The choir that supply the voices to the soundtracks of blockbuster films
Duration: 07:13
Val McDermid
The best selling Scottish crime writer talks about her latest novel, Out of Bounds
Duration: 08:39
Luka Lesson
The Australian slam poet discusses his work
Duration: 05:18
Herman Koch
The writer of the international bestselling novel, The Dinner - discusses his latest book
Duration: 06:42
Clarence Adoo
The musician who played a key role in the 2012 Paralympics
Duration: 02:21
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- Sun 11 Sep 2016 14:06GMT91热爆 World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
- Mon 12 Sep 2016 08:06GMT91热爆 World Service except News Internet
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