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Made in Dagenham and KT Tunstall

With Mark Lawson, who reviews the film Made in Dagenham, based on the 1968 Ford factory strike. Plus singer KT Tunstall performs and there's a look into two new TV detective shows.

With Mark Lawson. A new film Made is Dagenham stars Happy Go Lucky actress Sally Hawkins as Rita O'Grady, the initially reluctant catalyst for the 1968 Ford Dagenham strike which led to the advent of the Equal Pay Act. Ian Jack reviews.

Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist KT Tunstall, perhaps best known for her singles Suddenly I See and Black Horse & The Cherry Tree, discusses her new CD Tiger Suit.

Front Row's crime expert Jeff Park reviews two new TV detective shows, Thorne - based on the books by Mark Billingham, starring David Morrissey as Inspector Tom Thorne - and DCI Banks: Aftermath with the detective played by Stephen Tompkinson.

Ahead of the announcement of the winner of this year's RIBA Stirling Prize, Mark Lawson - one of the judges - reports on the shortlist, which this year consists of Bateman's Row in east London, Christ's College School in Guildford, Clapham Manor School, Oxford's Ashmolean Museum, the Maxxi museum in Rome and the Neues Museum in Berlin.

Actor and writer Kwame Kwei-Armah is also the artistic director of the World Festival of Black Arts and Culture. He discusses his plans for the free festival which will take place in Dakar, and has only been held twice before, in 1966 and 1977.

Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Made In Dagenham

    • Made In Dagenham

      New film Made in Dagenham stars Happy Go Lucky actress Sally Hawkins as Rita O'Grady.

      Duration: 04:49

  • KT Tunstall

    • KT Tunstall

      Interview with the singer KT Tunstall.

      Duration: 08:45

  • TV Detectives

    • TV Detectives

      Front Row's crime expert Jeff Park reviews two new TV detective shows, Thorne and DCI Banks.

      Duration: 04:54

  • RIBA

    • RIBA

      Ahead of the announcement of the winner of this year's RIBA Stirling Prize, Mark Lawson - one of the judges - reports on the shortlist.

      Duration: 06:03

  • World Festival of Black Arts and Culture

    • World Festival of Black Arts and Culture

      World Festival of Black Arts and Culture.

      Duration: 03:46

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  • Mon 27 Sep 2010 19:15

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