Jeremy Bowen on Rosewater, Artist John Craske, Grace and Frankie, Phill Jupitus on Viv Stanshall
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Rosewater, the directorial debut from The Daily Show presenter John Stewart, is based on a memoir by Maziar Bahari, a journalist who was imprisoned in Iran in 2009. Jeremy Bowen, the 大象传媒's Middle East Editor, reviews.
The Norfolk fisherman, painter and embroiderer John Craske had a few famous champions when he was alive including Sylvia Townsend Warner and Peter Pears, but he remains an obscure figure. A new a biography by Julia Blackburn, Threads, and an associated exhibition hope to might change that. John Wilson finds out more about him from Julia Blackburn and the exhibition curator Neil Powell.
Grace & Frankie stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as long term rivals who discover their husbands have been having an affair with each other for twenty years and now plan to marry. Boyd Hilton reviews the bittersweet comedy about starting over in your 70s.
Comedian Phill Jupitus celebrates the life of Vivian Stanshall, the maverick singer and entertainer, famous for the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and the radio series Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, who died 20 years ago.
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Rosewater
Duration: 06:55
The Audience
Duration: 04:02
John Craske
Duration: 06:51
Grace and Frankie
Duration: 04:08
Viv Stanshall
Duration: 05:46
Rosewater
Rosewater is in cinemas from Friday 8th May, certificate 15聽Vivian Stanshall
Comedian Phill Jupitus celebrates the life of Vivian StanshaII聽
(Photo credit: Les Lee/Hulton Archive)John Craske
Threads: The Delicate Life of John Craske by Julia Blackburn is available now in hardback.
Craske鈥檚 work can be seen at the in Norwich, from 12 May to 6 June and at the Peter Pears Gallery in on 13-28 June.聽
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Role Contributor Presenter John Wilson Interviewed Guest Jeremy Bowen Interviewed Guest Peter Morgan Interviewed Guest Julia Blackburn Interviewed Guest Neil Powell Interviewed Guest Boyd Hilton Interviewed Guest Phill Jupitus Producer Olivia Skinner Broadcast
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