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Margaret Atwood, Emily Blunt, You, Me and the Apocalypse, Reading Europe

Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including Margaret Atwood on her new novel, Emily Blunt on playing an FBI agent, TV satire You, Me and the Apocalypse, and German author Sascha Arango.

Margaret Atwood discusses her new novel The Heart Goes Last. Set in the near future, the plot follows a couple who sign up for a new utopian community to escape the world of toxic debt, homelessness and violence. But all is not quite what it seems in the picture perfect town of Consilience where the townsfolk take turns playing prisoners and civilians.

Actress Emily Blunt talks to Kirsty about her latest role as FBI agent Kate Macer in drug cartel film Sicario. She discusses training with FBI agents to research the role and the position of women in Hollywood action blockbusters.

Sky's new comedy drama, You, Me and the Apocalypse, imagines the world on the brink of disaster as a meteorite hurtles towards earth, threatening to wipe out the human race. The British and American cast includes Rob Lowe as a foul mouthed Priest and Pauline Quirke. Natalie Haynes reviews.

Radio 4's Reading Europe season continues with contemporary literature from Germany. Award-winning German screenwriter Sascha Arango discusses his first novel, The Truth and Other Lies, a dark thriller which has become a best-seller in Germany and has been published in twenty five countries.

Claudia Rankine has won the Forward Prize for poetry for her latest collection, she reads one of the poems from Citizen: An American Lyric.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Olivia Skinner.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Margaret Atwood

    Duration: 07:33

  • You, Me and the Apocalypse

    Duration: 04:18

  • Emily Blunt

    Duration: 08:25

  • Reading Europe

    Duration: 05:16

  • Claudia Rankine

    Duration: 02:08

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood

The Heart Goes Last by is available in hardback and ebook now.


You, Me And the Apocalypse

You, Me And the Apocalypse

begins on Sky 1 on Wednesday 30 September at 9pm


Sicario

Sicario

Sicario is in cinemas from Thursday 8 October, certificate 15.聽

Sascha Arango

by Sascha Arango is broadcast in nine parts weeknights on Radio 4 from Monday 5 October at 10.45pm.


Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest Margaret Atwood
Interviewed Guest Emily Blunt
Interviewed Guest Natalie Haynes
Interviewed Guest Sascha Arango
Reader Claudia Rankine
Producer Olivia Skinner

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  • Tue 29 Sep 2015 19:15

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