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10/12/2009

Heidi Thomas on writing the 大象传媒's Cranford; the best books for children over nine; the film-maker Sally Potter.

Kirsty Lang talks to Heidi Thomas about writing the 大象传媒 period drama Cranford and having to make up storylines and characters that weren't in Gaskell's original. How will Judi Dench and her formidable group of women cope with the prospect of a new railway in the village?

Patrick Wright discusses an exhibition of three painters - John Singer Sargent, Walter Sickert and Stanley Spencer - at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.

Film director Sally Potter, the subject of a major retrospective at the BFI Southbank, talks about guerrilla film-making and the why a film can be improved by mistakes.

And critic Damian Kelleher chooses the best of this year's books for children over the age of nine.

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30 minutes

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Thu 10 Dec 2009 19:15

Chapters

  • Cranford

    Kirsty Lang talks to Heidi Thomas about writing the 大象传媒 period drama Cranford and having to make up storylines and characters that weren't in Gaskell's original.

    Duration: 09:07

  • Sargent, Sickert & Spencer

    Patrick Wright discusses an exhibition of three painters - John Singer Sargent, Walter Sickert and Stanley Spencer - at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.

    Duration: 04:28

  • Young Adult Fiction

    Damian Kelleher chooses the best of this year's books for children over the age of nine.

    Duration: 05:10

  • Sally Potter

    Film director Sally Potter, the subject of a major retrospective at the BFI Southbank, talks about guerrilla film-making and the why a film can be improved by mistakes.

    Duration: 09:00

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  • Thu 10 Dec 2009 19:15

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