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´óÏó´«Ã½ Arts Editor Will Gompertz sits in for Claudia Winkleman and is joined by the cast of hit farce The Play That Goes Wrong and historical novelist Anne O'Brien.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Arts Editor Will Gompertz sits in for Claudia Winkleman and is joined by the cast of the hit farce "The Play That Goes Wrong". International historical novelist Anne O'Brien is in to talk about her latest novel "The King's Sister" and staying with history, the historian and advisor on the world of the 1920s Alistair Bruce describes how he kept the Downton Abbey writers on the right track. Leading German author Daniel Kehlmann wins the award for the shortest title of the week his latest novel "F". Thomas Magill strolls around the Andy Warhol exhibition at Liverpool Tate. Plus our usual round-up throughout the world of films and theatre.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Music Played

  • The Beatles

    Nowhere Man

    • 1962-1966.
    • Apple.
    • 4.
  • Cast Recording

    Sunny Afternoon

    • Sunny Afternoon.
    • BMG.
    • 001.
  • Chic

    Everybody Dance

    • The Last Days Of Disco (Film Soundtra.
    • Columbia.
  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Got to Get You Into My Life

    • The Very Best Of Earth Wind & Fire.
    • Telstar.
  • Alison Moyet

    Invisible

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.
  • Elvis Presley

    All Shook Up

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
  • Rod Stewart

    The First Cut Is The Deepest

    • The Best Of Rod Stewart.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Travis

    Why Does It Always Rain On Me?

    • (CD Single).
    • Independiente.
  • Robbie Williams

    Let Me Entertain You

    • Now 39 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields

Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields

Not since the days of Brian Rix has the West End seen such a good old-fashioned farce. "The Play That Goes Wrong" started life in the fringe, went on a UKÌýTour and due to its huge success has transferred to the Duchess Theatre and is now taking bookings until next September. Co- writers from the "Mischief Theate" and cast members,ÌýHenry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields join Will.

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The Play That Goes WrongÌýis on atÌýThe Duchess Theatre and taking bookings until September 2015.Ìý

Camilla Long with the Film Review

Camilla Long with the Film Review

1. INTERSTELLAR (12A)

Director: Christopher Nolan

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, Jessica Chastain, Casey Affleck, Mackenzie Foy, Topher Grace

Synopsis:Ìý With our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history: traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars.

Interstellar is out now and rated 12A


2. LEVIATHAN

Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev

Starring: Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichcenkov, Aleksey Serebryakov

Synopsis:Ìý In a Russian coastal town, Dmitri is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Dmitri and his family.

Leviathan is out now and rated 15

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3. POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS


Director: Edward Lovelace, James Hall

Starring: Edwyn Collins, Grace Maxwell, WIlliam Collins, Yasmine Paige.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Synopsis:Ìý Imagine your mind has been wiped: memories, knowledge,experiences, language - every word you ever spoke, has vanished. If eventually you found the words, what would you say? For Edwyn Collins, 'The Possibilities Are Endless'.

The Possibilites Are Endless is out now and rated 12A.

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4. X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST – DVD/BluRay Release

Director:Ìý Bryan Singer

Starring:Ìý Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman


Synopsis:ÌýÌý The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants.

X Men Days of Future Past is out on Monday and rated 12

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Arts Correspondent Thomas Magill

Arts Correspondent Thomas Magill

Our Arts correspondent Thomas Magill caught up with Anne Hathaway, from Christopher Nolan's latest inter galactic mission "Interstellar" and she told him although she had a lot of fun making the film, it was tough remaining glamorous in such unflattering attire!

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Thomas also visited Tate Liverpool which has gathered over 100 pieces of Andy Warhol's work for their latest exhibition.

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Transmitting Andy Warhol opened today at Tate Liverpool and runs until 8th February

Alistair Bruce

Alistair Bruce

Series five of Downton Abbey comes to an end this Sunday but you won't have to wait too long to see it again as it's coming outÌýsoon on DVD and Blu-Ray.Ìý Joining Will is Alistair Bruce, the Downtown Oracle, historian and 1920 expert.

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Downton Abbey: Series 5 is out on Blu-ray and DVD on 17th November.

Anne O'Brien

Anne O'Brien

Historical novelist, Anne O'Brien,Ìýauthor of amongstÌýothers, Ìý"The Virgin Widow" andÌý"The King's Concubine"Ìý joins Will to talk about herÌýlatest novel of love and loss "The King's Sister".

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The King's Sister is out today and published by Mira Books.

Michael Billington with the theatre review

Michael Billington with the theatre review

1.Sunny Afternoon at the Harold Pinter Theatre

This is the story of Ray Davies and the Kinks and how four working-class boys from Muswell Hill helped to change popular music.


Sunny Afternoon is at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London until January 31.


2. First Episode at Jermyn Street Theatre, London

This is a first play by Terence Rattigan that he wrote, with a friend, in the
early 1930s and has scarcely been seen since.


First Episode runs at the Jermyn Street Theatre, London until November 22.

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3. The Witch of Edmonton at The Swan, Stratford-on-Avon

Eileen Atkins returns to the RSC in this Jacobean play from 1621 by three authors, Dekker, Ford and Rowley; and it's all about an old Essex woman who, since she's accused of being a witch, decides to behave like one.


The Witch of Edmonton runs at The Swan, Stratford-on-Avon until November 29


4. Tis Pity She's A Whore atÌý the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London

Another old play, this time written by John Ford alone, that's all about sibling incest and that's here been staged in the indoor, candlelit theatre at Shakespeare's Globe.


Tis Pity She's A Whore runs at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse until December 7.

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Daniel Kehlman

Daniel Kehlman

He is one of the biggest selling German novelists of all time, his award winning novel "Measuring The World" has been translated into 40 languages. Daniel Hehlman talks to Will about his latest novel "F".

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"F" is out now and published by Quercus Books

Nick Stewart

Nick Stewart
Nick Stewart brings us al the news and gossipÌýfrom the music industry!

Broadcast

  • Fri 7 Nov 2014 22:00