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Nicholas Hytner, Peep Show, Winner of the Goldsmiths Prize, Waste review

Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including director Nicholas Hytner on The Lady in the Van, David Mitchell and Robert Webb on Peep Show and the winner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2015.

Director Nicholas Hytner describes the filming of The Lady in the Van which tells the story of how Miss Shepherd, a cantankerous, homeless old woman, came to live in a derelict van in writer Alan Bennett's driveway for 15 years.

The Goldsmiths Prize is awarded annually and celebrates inventive writing. Previous winners include Eimear McBride and Ali Smith. As the 2015 prize is awarded this evening, we'll be announcing the result and talking to the winner from the ceremony.

Waste by Harley Granville Barker is, says Richard Eyre, one of the best English plays of the 20th century, despite being banned in 1907. It's a drama of political intrigue, scandal, power-broking by an elite and gender politics. Critic Sam Marlowe reviews the new production at the National Theatre, directed by Roger Michell.

Amid much hullabaloo the Bodleian Library in Oxford has acquired and put online Shelley's Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things. But this long-lost poem was discovered almost a decade ago. So why has it not been available until today? Michael Rosen offers his view on the background to the story.

Channel 4's longest-running comedy series, Peep Show, begins its final series tonight. Kirsty talks to its stars, David Mitchell and Robert Webb.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Rebecca Armstrong.

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30 minutes

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  • Nicholas Hytner and The Lady in the Van

    Duration: 08:55

  • Shelley's missing poem

    Duration: 03:44

  • Waste by Harley Granville Barker

    Duration: 05:16

  • The 2015 Goldsmiths Prize winner

    Duration: 03:17

  • Final series of Peep Show begins

    Duration: 07:13

The Lady In The Van

The Lady In The Van

Ìýis in cinemas from Friday 13 November, certificate 12A.Ìý

Shelley's Poetical Essay

Shelley's Poetical Essay

³§³ó±ð±ô±ô±ð²â'²õÌýÌýis available online and is on public display at theÌýBodleian Libraries in OxfordÌýuntil 23 December.Ìý

Image Credit: Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

Waste

Waste

is running at the National Theatre until Saturday 19 March 2016.

Photo Credit: Johan Persson

Goldsmiths Prize

Goldsmiths Prize

Announced during tonight's Front Row, the winner of the 2015ÌýÌýis by Kevin Barry.Ìý

Front Row's recentÌýinterview with KevinÌýis available to .

Peep Show

Peep Show
The ninth and final series ofÌý begins tonight at 10pm on Channel 4.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest Nicholas Hytner
Interviewed Guest Sam Marlowe
Interviewed Guest Michael Rosen
Interviewed Guest David Mitchell
Interviewed Guest Robert Webb
Producer Rebecca Armstrong

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  • Wed 11 Nov 2015 19:15
  • Wed 11 Nov 2015 19:32

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