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I Am Nasrine; The White Queen; Paul Weller

Director Tina Gharavi on her film I Am Nasrine, plus The White Queen reviewed, and Paul Weller picks Zombies album 'Odessey and Oracle' as his Cultural Exchange choice.

I Am Nasrine is the BAFTA-nominated debut film from Tina Gharavi. It follows teenage refugee Nasrine, forced to leave Iran and start a new life in the UK after a run-in with the police. Tina Gharavi explains how her own life and work with refugees in the north east of England contributed to the script, and how she filmed parts of the footage undercover in Iran.

The White Queen is TV adaptation of Philippa Gregory's best-selling novel, The Cousin's War. Set during the War of the Roses, the battle between the Houses of York and Lancaster is seen through the eyes of the women at the heart of the action. Critic Rebecca Nicholson considers the growing appetite for historical drama and how The White Queen, with its underlying themes of magic and fantasy, compares to Game Of Thrones.

For the Cultural Exchange, Paul Weller nominates The Zombies' album Odessey And Oracle - released in 1968.

For the past twelve years, weavers at the West Dean tapestry studio have been recreating seven sixteenth century tapestries, known as The Hunt For The Unicorn series, for Stirling Castle in Scotland. As the final tapestry is cut from the loom, marking the completion of biggest British weaving project for two hundred years, John Wilson hears about the medieval techniques involved.

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Chapters

  • I Am Nasrine

    Director Tina Gharavi on her film I Am Nasrine, which follows a teenage refugee from Iran

    Duration: 09:36

  • The White Queen

    Critic Rebecca Nicholson on The White Queen and the growing appetite for historical drama

    Duration: 04:23

  • The Unicorn Tapestries

    John Wilson visits the efforts to recreate seven sixteenth-century tapestries

    Duration: 07:51

  • Paul Weller - Cultural Exchange

    Paul Weller nominates The Zombies' album Odessey And Oracle for Cultural Exchange

    Duration: 07:04

I Am Nasrine

I Am Nasrine聽being screened in selected UK cinemas on various dates until June 23rd. Details of screenings can be found on the film's .听

The White Queen

聽starts on 16th June on 麻豆社 One, at 9pm.

The Unicorn Tapestries

The Unicorn Leaps The Stream is to be cut from the loom on Monday 17th June, and will be on display at聽Stirling Castle from October. Visitors can watch聽The Mystic Hunt Of The Unicorn being聽woven in the Tapestry Studio at Stirling Castle. The聽five other聽completed tapestries can be seen in the castle鈥檚 Royal Apartments.



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Presenter John Wilson
Producer Rebecca Nicholson
Interviewed Guest Tina Gharavi

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  • Fri 14 Jun 2013 19:15

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