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Barry Humphries and John Simm

Actor John Simm prepares to take on the role of Hamlet in Sheffield, and Barry Humphries discusses his intimate relationship with Dame Edna Everage.

Barry Humphries talks frankly to Kirsty Lang about his intimate relationship with Dame Edna Everage and explains why she is trying to have his new biography of her banned.

Actor John Simm, following his roles as Sam Tyler in the TV drama Life on Mars and The Master in Doctor Who, discusses the prospect of taking on the role of Hamlet at the Crucible in Sheffield.

And on the 50th anniversary of Hitchcock's Psycho, and the 30th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining starring Jack Nicholson, Adam Smith wonders why anyone who'd ever been to the cinema would ever choose to stay in a hotel or motel.

Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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Fri 17 Sep 2010 19:15
麻豆社 Radio 4 FM

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  • Barry Humphries

    • Barry Humphries

      Barry Humphries talks frankly to Kirsty Lang about his intimate relationship with Dame Edna Everage.

      Duration: 12:27

  • Horror Hotels

    • Horror Hotels

      Adam Smith wonders why anyone who'd ever been to the cinema would ever choose to stay in a hotel or motel.

      Duration: 04:49

  • John Simm

    • John Simm

      Actor John Simm on playing Hamlet at The Crucible, Sheffield.

      Duration: 10:40

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  • Fri 17 Sep 2010 19:15
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