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Tarantino on The Hateful Eight, Costa Book Awards category winners, Playwright Zodwa Nyoni

Samira Ahmed talks to Quentin Tarantino about The Hateful Eight, starring Samuel L Jackson and Kurt Russel, and the Costa Book Awards category winners are announced.

Samira Ahmed talks to director Quentin Tarantino about his new Western, The Hateful Eight, which stars Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Tim Roth and Jennifer Jason Leigh and is scored Ennio Morricone. Tarantino explains why he sees contemporary resonances in this period piece. The Hateful Eight is released on 8 January, certificate 18.
The Costa Book Awards 2015 category winners are announced on Front Row tonight by the Chair of Judges, James Heneage. Following this, each night this week on Front Row, we will be talking to the individual winners and tonight's interview will be with the winner of the Novel Award.
Zodwa Nyoni discusses the inspiration behind her play Nine Lives, about a gay man from Zimbabwe grappling with the UK's immigration process as he seeks asylum in Britain. Following a debut at West Yorkshire Playhouse and a national tour, Nine Lives receives its London premiere at Arcola theatre from 6 Jan.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Elaine Lester.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Tarantino on The Hateful Eight

    Duration: 10:40

  • 2015 Costa Book Awards category winners

    Duration: 05:08

  • Costa Novel Award Winner Kate Atkinson

    Duration: 05:24

  • Playwright Zodwa Nyoni

    Duration: 06:29

The Hateful Eight

The Hateful Eight

is in cinemas from Friday 8 January, certificate 18.

Photo Credit (Left and Main Image):聽漏 2015 The Weinstein Company

2015 Costa Book Awards Winners

The winners of the 听补谤别:

2015 Costa Novel Award - A God in Ruins聽by Kate Atkinson, published by Doubleday.

2015 Costa First Novel Award - The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley, published by John Murray.

2015 Costa Biography Award - The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt, The Lost Hero of Science聽by Andrea Wulf published by John Murray.

2015 Costa Poetry Award - 40 Sonnets by Don Paterson, published by Faber & Faber.

2015 Costa Children鈥檚 Book Award -聽The Lie Tree by聽Frances Hardinge, published by聽Macmillan.

Listen to interviews with the winning authors on Front Row all this week.

2015 Costa Novel Award Winner

2015 Costa Novel Award Winner
The winner of the聽2015 Costa Novel Award is by Kate Atkinson, available now and published by Doubleday.
Photo Credit:聽漏 Euan Myles

Nine Lives

Nine Lives

by Zodwa Nyoni is at the Arcola Theatre in London from 6 - 30 January.

Photo Credit: 漏 Adam Robinson

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest Quentin Tarantino
Interviewed Guest James Heneage
Interviewed Guest Zodwa Nyoni
Producer Elaine Lester

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  • Mon 4 Jan 2016 19:15

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