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Catching Fire review; Evening Standard Theatre Awards; Michael Ignatieff; Alison Wilding

Catching Fire reviewed, a report from the Evening Standard Theatre Awards, author Michael Ignatieff, artist Alison Wilding, and a tribute to Doris Lessing. With Mark Lawson.

With Mark Lawson.

The Hunger Games : Catching Fire is the second adaptation of Suzanne Collins' runaway bestselling trilogy of novels. Jennifer Lawrence is Katniss Everdeen in the post-apocalyptic state of Panem, where the Hunger Games are a televised fight to the death between teenagers. Rosie Swash gives her verdict.

The realities of the modern political world come under scrutiny in Michael Ignatieff's new book Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure in Politics. The Canadian academic, writer and broadcaster shelved his university career to enter politics, becoming leader of the country's Liberal Party in 2008. On the line from Toronto - where the city's controversial mayor is fighting for political survival - Ignatieff reflects on his bruising electoral defeat and what he learnt on the front line of 21st century politics.

Adrian Lester, Rory Kinnear and Lucy Kirkwood were among the winners at last night's Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Mark spoke to the night's winners as they reflected on the past year on stage.

Tate Britain re-opens today after a major refurbishment. The Duveen galleries are hosting works by Alison Wilding, one of Britain's foremost sculptors known for her inventive approach to form and materials. She tells Mark about making a model of one of her pieces - Harbour - from a piece of cheese before working it in alabaster, and how she'll stop schoolchildren touching her work if she spots them.

Following the announcement of the death of Doris Lessing on 17 November we pay tribute with an excerpt from a Front Row interview in 2008, where she talks about the effect of winning the Nobel Prize for literature on the sales of her books.

Producer: Dymphna Flynn.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    Duration: 04:40

  • Michael Ignatieff

    Duration: 08:14

  • Evening Standard Awards

    Duration: 08:12

  • Alison Wilding

    Duration: 05:16

  • Doris Lessing

    Duration: 01:31

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

is in cinemas from this Thursday 1 November 2013, certificate 12A.

Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure in Politics by Michael Ignatieff

by Michael Ignatieff is out now, published by聽Harvard University Press.聽

Alison Wilding

is at Tate Britain in London until聽9 February 2014.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest Michael Ignatieff
Interviewed Guest Adrian Lester
Interviewed Guest Rory Kinnear
Interviewed Guest Lucy Kirkwood
Interviewed Guest Alison Wilding
Producer Dymphna Flynn

Broadcast

  • Mon 18 Nov 2013 19:15

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