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Rory Bremner, Jacqueline Wilson, Anish Kapoor

Arts news. Kirsty Lang talks to satirist Rory Bremner as he takes to the London stage, and bestselling novelist Jacqueline Wilson takes us on a tour of her childhood bedrooom.

Kirsty Lang talks to Rory Bremner about satire, snobbery and starring in Noel Coward's play Relative Values; bestselling children's author, and creator of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson takes Kirsty on a tour of an exhibition which recreates her childhood bedroom - and features extracts of her teenage diaries that reveal an early desire to write more realistic books than those of Enid Blyton.

Produced by Nicola Holloway

Photo: Rory Bremner and Patricia Hodge in Relative Values, Harold Pinter Theatre
Image Credit: Catherine Ashmore.

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Fri 4 Apr 2014 19:15
麻豆社 Radio 4

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  • Rory Bremner

    Kirsty Lang talks to Rory Bremner about satire, snobbery and starring in Relative Values

    Duration: 07:29

  • Denise Mina

    Denise Mina discusses the theatrical end to the Red Road flats in Glasgow

    Duration: 04:02

  • Jacqueline Wilson

    Kirsty is taken on a tour of an exhibition which recreates Jacqueline's childhood bedroom

    Duration: 06:44

  • Do we need speech or dialogue in films?

    Film critic Mark Eccleston discusses films without words

    Duration: 04:52

  • ArcelorMittal Orbit

    Kirsty talks to Anish Kapoor about his Olympics tower as it reopens to the public

    Duration: 04:35

Relative Values

starring Rory Bremner is on at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London until Saturday 24 May 2014.

Jacqueline Wilson

Jacqueline Wilson

Daydreams and Diaries: The Story of is on at the , London from Saturday 5 April until Sunday 2 November 2014.

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Image Credit: 漏 Barry Pells, 2011 for Seven Stories, National Centre for Children鈥檚 Books

Visitors

Visitors
is released in UK cinemas on Friday 4 April 2014, certificate U.

ArcelorMittal Orbit

ArcelorMittal Orbit
The designed by Anish Kapoor reopens to the public on Saturday 5 April 2014 in the grounds of the , London.

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Presenter Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest Rory Bremner
Interviewed Guest Jacqueline Wilson
Producer Nicola Holloway

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  • Fri 4 Apr 2014 19:15
    麻豆社 Radio 4

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