The Danish Girl, Bach's Magnificat, Deutschland 83
Samira Ahmed talks to Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper about his new film The Danish Girl, starring Eddie Redmayne. Plus a reconstruction of JS Bach's first Christmas in Leipzig.
Samira Ahmed talks to Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper about his new film The Danish Girl, starring Eddie Redmayne as Lili Elbe, one of the first known recipients of sex reassignment surgery.
JS Bach's first Christmas Service in Leipzig has been reconstructed by John Butt and the Dunedin Consort for their new CD, which includes Bach's Chistmas Cantata 63, and his great Magnificat.
Channel 4 launches its foreign language drama platform Walter Presents with the German TV series Deutschland 83. Philip Hensher reviews.
And historian Nina Ramirez reviews ITV's new epic drama Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands.
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Tom Hooper on The Danish Girl
Duration: 09:57
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John Butt
Duration: 08:08
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The Danish Girl
Duration: 10:01
Deutschland 83
Duration: 05:01
Bach's Magnificat
Duration: 08:12
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
Duration: 04:09
The Danish Girl
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is in cinemas from New Year鈥檚 Day, certificate 15.
Photo Credit (Left & Main):聽漏 Universal Pictures
Bach 鈥� Magnificat
, conducted by John Butt, is available now.聽
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
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Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands premieres at 7pm on Sunday 3 January on ITV.
Deutschland 83
begins at 9pm on Sunday 3 January on Channel 4.
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Role Contributor Presenter Samira Ahmed Interviewed Guest Tom Hooper Interviewed Guest Nina Ramirez Interviewed Guest Philip Hensher Producer Timothy Prosser Broadcast
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