Stewart Lee; Impressionist Gardens; The A-Team; Beat Generation
Remakes of The Karate Kid and The A-Team reviewed; Stewart Lee analyses his stand-up act; photographer Harold Chapman on the Beat generation; Impressionist Gardens reviewed.
With John Wilson, who reviews new cinematic remakes of the 1980s screen hits The Karate Kid and The
A-Team.
Comedian Stewart Lee analyses his work in How I Escaped My Certain Fate: The Life And Deaths Of A Stand-Up Comedian; the book details Lee's return to stand-up comedy after quitting the business in 2001 and going on to direct Jerry Springer the Opera.
John Wilson talks to photographer Harold Chapman, whose work depicts life at 9 Rue Git-le-Coeur, nicknamed the Beat Hotel, a run-down residence in Paris' Latin Quarter famed as the flophouse of some of the most important writers, poets and artists of the Beat Generation.
Rachel Campbell-Johnston reviews the exhibition Impressionist Gardens, which examines the significance, origins, and influence of the Impressionist garden.
Producer Rebecca Nicholson.
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Impressionist Gardens
Rachel Campbell-Johnston reviews the exhibition Impressionist Gardens.
Duration: 05:13
Stewart Lee
John Wilson interviews comedian Stewart Lee.
Duration: 09:19
The A-Team and Karate Kid reviewed
Reviews of two 1980s remakes.
Duration: 05:53
The Beat Hotel
Photographer Harold Chapman, whose work depicts life at what became known as The Beat Hotel.
Duration: 07:18
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