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Cultural Exchange - Archbishop of Canterbury; Food on stage; The Fall on TV

Arts news with Mark Lawson. Cultural Exchange with the Archbishop of Canterbury, TV writer Allan Cubitt, and how to make food for the stage, like Titus Andronicus's gruesome pie.

With Mark Lawson.

Writer Allan Cubitt discusses his new TV drama The Fall. Set in Belfast, it stars Gillian Anderson as Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson, who has been brought in from the Metropolitan Police to review an unsolved murder. Allan Cubitt discusses creating the tense atmosphere and tangled plot lines of the new crime drama.

In the latest Cultural Exchange, The Archbishop of Canterbury shares his passion for Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, and also reflects on how we should commemorate the forthcoming centenary of the 1914-18 war.

Shakepeare's Titus Andronicus includes a notorious scene requiring a pie with gruesome ingredients. As a new production of the play opens at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Craig Almond, Senior Prop Technician at the RSC, discuss the art of creating food on stage, and Alycia Smith-Howard, author of The Food of Love, examines Shakespeare's other culinary demands.

Producer Olivia Skinner.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • The Fall

    Allan Cubitt on his new TV drama The Fall

    Duration: 10:12

  • Food on stage

    The RSC's Craig Almond and author Alycia Smith-Howard discuss food in theatre

    Duration: 08:55

  • Cultural Exchange - Archbishop of Canterbury

    The Archbishop of Canterbury shares his passion for Benjamin Britten's War Requiem

    Duration: 08:56

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Mark Lawson
Producer Olivia Skinner
Interviewed Guest Justin Welby
Editor John Goudie
Interviewed Guest Craig Almond
Interviewed Guest Alycia Smith-Howard
Interviewed Guest Allan Cubitt

Broadcast

  • Mon 13 May 2013 19:15

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