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Tim Minchin, Jan Morris remembered, new gaming consoles, Nicholas Pinnock

Tim Minchin's debut solo album; Horatio Clare remembers Jan Morris; the new Playstation and Xbox gaming consoles; actor Nicholas Pinnock on his new TV series For Life.

Tim Minchin - the Australian actor, comedian, performer, musician, and composer and lyricist of the Olivier Award-winning RSC stage show Matilda The Musical – discusses his first solo album Apart Together, the themes he chooses to reflect on, and his approach to composition.

Xbox Series X and Playstation 5 are in the shops. The much-anticipated new generation of gaming consoles has arrived seven years after the previous iteration. We review both consoles as well as new games Spiderman: Miles Morales and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla with video games broadcaster and writer Aoife Wilson.

Travel writer and journalist Jan Morris, whose death was announced today at the age of 94, is remembered by fellow travel writer Horatio Clare.

British actor Nicholas Pinnock on his leading role in the American TV drama series For Life, in which he plays a prisoner who trains to become a lawyer whilst incarcerated.

Presenter Tom Sutcliffe
Producer Jerome Weatherald

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Tim Minchin’s debut studio album Apart Together is out now

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