Shirley MacLaine, Bolshoi Ballet, Paris Lees' Queer Icon, baritone and composer Roderick Williams
Shirley MacLaine looks back on her career. In our Queer Icons series, Paris Lees chooses The Crying Game. Baritone and composer Roderick Williams on his new work for the Proms.
As Shirley MacLaine releases a new film about a woman curating her obituary, she reflects on her long career in Hollywood, including working with Alfred Hitchcock, being the only female member of the Rat Pack and starring in Downton Abbey alongside Maggie Smith.
As the Bolshoi Ballet cancels the eagerly awaited adaptation about Nureyev, ballet critic Ismene Brown discusses what might have caused this to come about.
For our Queer Icons series, trans rights activist and journalist Paris Lees chooses Neil Jordan's 1992 film The Crying Game, about an IRA man's relationship with a British soldier's lover.
The baritone and composer Roderick Williams talks about his upcoming performances at the Cheltenham Music Festival and at the Proms where a world premiere of his new 麻豆社 commission, inspired by the text of a well-known aria from Mozart's Don Giovanni, will be performed.
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Shirley MacLaine
Duration: 09:43
Bolshoi Ballet
Duration: 04:50
Paris Lees
Duration: 05:18
Roderick Williams
Duration: 07:53
Shirley MacLaine
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The Last Word
Photo credit: Vertigo Releasing
The Last Word is in most cinemas, cert 15
Main image: Shirley MacLaine in The Last Word
Photo credit: Vertigo Releasing
Paris Lees
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Paris Lees
Front Row seriesRoderick Williams
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Roderick Williams
Photo credit: Benjamin Ealovega
La Ci Darem premieres at 1 pm on Mon 17 July for a lunchtime
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Role Contributor Interviewed Guest Shirley MacLaine Interviewed Guest Ismene Brown Interviewed Guest Paris Lees Interviewed Guest Roderick Williams Presenter Kirsty Lang Producer Rebecca Armstrong Broadcast
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