Babylon; Wendy Cope; border crossing theatre; North Korean art
Arts news, interviews and reviews. Including a review of Babylon, the new series from the creators of Peep Show, and poet Wendy Cope on a new collection of prose.
Babylon, a new series from the creators of Peep Show, returns for a series after appearing on Channel 4 as a pilot. Brit Marling and James Nesbitt star in this fly on the wall satire about the police. Documentary film maker Roger Graef reviews.
Poet Wendy Cope discusses her new book, Life, Love and the Archers, a collection of her prose which includes reviews, essays and recollections from her childhood.
We get a rare glimpse of artistic life in North Korea at an exhibition inside the country's secluded London embassy.
And Samira takes part in a new immersive theatre experience from the National Theatre of Wales by attempting to cross the border from England.
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A collection of images from the exhibition at the North Korean embassy.
Chapters
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Babylon
Duration: 04:53
North Korean art
Duration: 06:44
Wendy Cope
Duration: 07:42
Bordergame
Duration: 08:28
Babylon
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聽the series begins on Channel 4 on Thursday 13 November at 10pm.
North Korean art
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DPR Korea Fine Art Exhibition is at the North Korean embassy in London until Friday 7 November 2014.聽
Image: 聽A collection of Kim Hun's paintings. Photo by Jerome Weatherald.
Wendy Cope
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by Wendy Cope is available in hardback and e-book from Thursday 6 November 2014.
Photo: Adrian Harvey聽
Bordergame
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from the National Theatre Wales and The Space is at covert locations between Bristol and Newport and Online from Thursday 6 November to Friday 21 November 2014.
Credits
Role Contributor Producer Ellie Bury Presenter Samira Ahmed Interviewed Guest Wendy Cope Interviewed Guest Roger Graef Interviewed Guest Bevan Magama Interviewed Guest John McGrath Interviewed Guest John Norton Broadcast
- Tue 4 Nov 2014 19:15大象传媒 Radio 4
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