Peter Cook, Hitchcock/Truffaut, Tabletop Shakespeare, Tim Sayer
Architect Professor Sir Peter Cook shows us around his first British building, plus what Francois Truffaut learnt from Alfred Hitchcock, and why is Macbeth a cheesegrater?
Professor Sir Peter Cook received a knighthood for services to architecture and was awarded the Royal Gold Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architecture, yet he has never designed a building in Britain - until now. He shows us around the drawing studio he's created for the Arts University Bournemouth.
In 1962, Francois Truffaut persuaded fellow film director Alfred Hitchcock to sit with him for a week-long interview in which they discussed the secrets of cinema. Hannah McGill reviews a new documentary about this meeting, which resulted in Truffaut's seminal book "Hitchcock/Truffaut".
The Barbican is staging Shakespeare as we've never seen it before; each of his 36 plays have been condensed and are presented on a table top using a cast of everyday objects. Macbeth is a cheese grater, Pericles a light bulb and Hamlet's a bottle of ink. Tim Etchells from Forced Entertainment explains why.
The Hepworth Wakefield gallery has announced details of one of the UK's largest bequests. It's one of the most significant gifts received from a private collector. Tim Sayer was a passionate collector, a self-confessed 'art-oholic', and a retired 麻豆社 Radio 4 newswriter. So how did he acquire such an important collection?
Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Angie Nehring.
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Tabletop Shakespeare
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Architect Sir Peter Cook
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Hitchcock/Truffaut review
Duration: 05:32
Tim Sayer Bequest
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Professor Sir Peter Cook RA
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Table Top Shakespeare
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At the from 30 April-25 OctoberCredits
Role Contributor Presenter John Wilson Interviewed Guest Peter Cook Interviewed Guest Hannah McGill Interviewed Guest Tim Etchells Producer Angie Nehring Broadcast
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