The Souvenir, Bait, Appropriate, Mary Beth Keane, A Confession
Two British indie films, Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir and Cornwall-set Bait, Appropriate at The Donmar Warehouse, Mary Beth Keane's novel Ask Again, Yes, and A Confession on ITV.
Two Brit indie film productions arrive at once: Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir is a slightly autobiographical work about a struggling young film-maker's relationship with a charismatic drug addict. Also Bait; set in a fishing village in Cornwall and with an intentionally handmade aesthetic, it explores the tense relationship between locals and incomers.
Appropriate at The Donmar Warehouse is a new play from Brandon Jacobs Jenkins. A family in the American south are dealing with the estate of their recently deceased father and unearth some unpleasant truths
Mary Beth Keane's new novel - Ask Again, Yes - is set in modern upstate New York following two families whose lives intertwine
A Confession on ITV is based on a realm life crime story and stars Martin Freeman as a policeman who has to push the law to achieve justice
Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Lisa Appignanesi, Emma Jane Unsworth and Andrew Miller
The producer is Oliver Jones
Podcast Extra recommendations:
Emma Jane: Succession series 2 and The New Me by Halle Butler
Lisa: Benjamin Markovits - Christmas in Austin and Address Unknown by Kressman Taylor and Timberlake Wertenbaker's Proust
Andrew: Chihuly at Kew Gardens and Chernobyl TV series and Eurythmics
Tom: Wainwright bagging in The Lake District
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Appropriate
Image: Marc Brenner
The Souvenir
Bait
Ask Again, Yes
Image: Nina Subin
A Confession
Broadcast
- Sat 31 Aug 2019 19:15麻豆社 Radio 4
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