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A Hologram For The King, Running Wild, Brigitte Fassbaender, Going Forward

Tom Hanks stars as a stressed executive trying to land an IT deal in Saudi Arabia, in A Hologram For The King. And Jo Brand returns as nurse Kim Wilde in Going Forward.

In A Hologram For The King, Tom Hanks stars as a stressed-out executive with problems at home, trying to land an IT deal with the King of Saudi Arabia. Sue Turton, a former correspondent with Al Jazeera and Channel Four, assesses whether the film captures the realities of doing business in the region.

Michael Morpurgo's book Running Wild, about a young boy's adventures lost in the Indonesian jungle, has been brought to life by Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in London. Morpurgo, the play's director Timothy Sheader, and Toby Olie - designer of many of the animal puppets - discuss the challenges of the production.

Jo Brand returns as nurse Kim Wilde in Going Forward, a brand-new three-part TV comedy series that turns the spotlight on domiciliary care. It's a spin-off series of the critically acclaimed Getting On. Dreda Say Mitchell reviews.

After winning the Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Opera Awards on Sunday, the German mezzo-soprano opera singer and director Brigitte Fassbaender discusses the difference between singing a Strauss opera and Schubert's lieder, and reveals how despite all her years of performing and directing, she still suffers from dreadful nerves.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • A Hologram for The King

    Duration: 05:43

  • Michael Morpurgo on Running Wild

    Duration: 09:14

  • Going Forward reviewed by Dreda Say Mitchell

    Duration: 04:45

  • Brigitte Fassbaender

    Duration: 07:34

  • Brigitte Fassbaender

    Duration: 07:34

A Hologram for The King

A Hologram for The King
A Hologram for the King is in cinemas on Friday 20th May, certificate 12A.聽

Running Wild

Running Wild
Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo with the stage adaptation by Samuel Adamson聽is playing at the until 12 June.聽

Going Forward

Going Forward
Going Forward starring Jo Brand begins on 19 May on 麻豆社 Four at 10.00pm.聽

Brigitte Fassbaender

Brigitte Fassbaender

Brigitte Fassbaender discusses her life in opera.

Image copyright: Marc Gilsdorf

Credits

Role Contributor
Interviewed Guest Sue Turton
Interviewed Guest Michael Morpurgo
Interviewed Guest Timothy Sheader
Interviewed Guest Toby Olie
Interviewed Guest Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest Brigitte Fassbaender
Presenter Kirsty Lang
Producer Angie Nehring

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  • Thu 19 May 2016 19:15

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