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The Revenant, Annie Leibovitz, Nicholas Searle, The Rack Pack, Give Me Your Love

The week's cultural highlights, including Oscar contender The Revenant, the Annie Leibovitz exhibition, Nicholas Searle's The Good Liar and Snooker comedy film The Rack Pack.

Leonardo DiCaprio stars as American pioneers-man Hugh Glass, in Oscar-contender The Revenant. It's graphic, visceral, epic in scope and could sweep the boards at the awards
Photographer Annie Leibovitz has an exhibition of portraits under the title "Women", which will tour the globe. How does she tackle such an enormous subject?
The debut novel by former civil servant Nicholas Searle "the Good Liar" is gaining a lot of attention but do our critics think it's a good book?
´óÏó´«Ã½ iPlayer's first online-only drama is a snooker comedy film 'The Rack Pack' - which tells the story of the rise of the sport in the early 80's from a parlour game to a world-conquering TV fixture.
Give Me Your Love is a play at The Battersea Arts Centre about the treatment of former combatants who have PTSD with MDMA (ecstasy). Is this a wise move?

Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Paul Morley, Natalie Haynes and Jacqueline Springer. The producer is Oliver Jones.

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45 minutes

TV – The Rack Pack

TV – The Rack Pack
A ´óÏó´«Ã½ original.  Goes live from 9 pm on Sunday 17 January

BOOK: The Good Liar by Nicholas Searle (Viking)

THEATRE: Give Me Your Love

THEATRE: Give Me Your Love
At , Lavender Hill, London SW11 5TN until 30 January

Picture credit: David Woods in Ridiculusmus' Give Me Your Love.  Photo Sarah Walker

FILM: The Revenant (15)

FILM: The Revenant (15)
In cinemas across the country from 15 January

EXHIBITION: Women - Annie Leibovitz

At , London until 7 February 

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest Paul Morley
Interviewed Guest Natalie Haynes
Interviewed Guest Jacqueline Springer
Producer Oliver Jones

Broadcast

  • Sat 16 Jan 2016 19:15

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