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Top of the Lake; Rachel Joyce; Pat Barker

Jane Campion's TV drama Top of the Lake; Rachel Joyce on her new book Perfect; poems about cricket; Pat Barker's Cultural Exchange - Benjamin Britten's Who Are These Children?

With Mark Lawson.

Top of the Lake is a new TV drama series, directed by Oscar-winner Jane Campion, whose works include The Piano and Portrait of a Lady. The series, set in the remote mountains of New Zealand, stars Holly Hunter and Mad Men actress Elisabeth Moss. When a 12 year old girl disappears, Moss's character takes a keen interest in the police case, and returns to her hometown to pick up the investigating duties. Rachel Cooke reviews.

Rachel Joyce's novel, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, was the bestselling debut of 2012. She talks discusses her new book, Perfect, in which the usual parent/child roles are reversed, when the life mother of a ten year old boy starts to unravel.

The England and Wales Cricket Board has released a poem entitled #Rise For England, which is on the front cover of programmes throughout the Ashes series and features in a short film played on screen at all five match venues. Actor and cricket lover Michael Simkins reflects on the long tradition of poetry about the game and assesses whether poetry can inspire the players.

For Cultural Exchange, Booker Prize-winning novelist Pat Barker nominates Benjamin Britten's song cycle Who Are These Children?.

Producer Karla Sweet.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Top of the Lake

    Duration: 05:08

  • Perfect by Rachel Joyce

    Duration: 09:47

  • #Rise For England

    Duration: 04:50

  • Cultural Exchange: Pat Barker

    Duration: 07:48

Top of the Lake

begins on 大象传媒 Two on Saturday 13 July at聽21:10.

Perfect

by Rachel Joyce is available now and published by Doubleday.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest Pat Barker
Interviewed Guest Rachel Joyce
Interviewed Guest Michael Simkins
Producer Karla Sweet

Broadcast

  • Wed 10 Jul 2013 19:15

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