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Ron Howard on The Beatles, Sharon Olds, Tom Ellis, Two Women

Director Ron Howard on his documentary The Beatles: Eight Days a Week, plus poet Sharon Olds, artist Tom Ellis at the Wallace Collection and Ralph Fiennes' film Two Women reviewed.

Director Ron Howard discusses his new documentary The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years, which goes behind the scenes with John, Paul, George and Ringo, from The Cavern Club to the height of Beatlemania in the years 1962-66.

The American poet Sharon Olds has won the Pulitzer Prize, the T. S. Eliot Prize and most recently the $100,000 Wallace Stevens Award. She talks to Kirsty Lang about her new collection, Odes.

Tom Ellis is an artist whose work includes paintings and functionless furniture which are often displayed together. For the past four years he has drawn inspiration from the eclectic Wallace Collection in London which shows its paintings, furniture, and porcelain in the townhouse of its former owners, Sir Richard and Lady Wallace. He explains how this has complemented his work.

Ralph Fiennes reportedly spent two months living in Moscow learning Russian to prepare for his role in the costume drama Two Women. Based on Ivan Turgenev's 1854 play A Month in The Country, the film sees Fiennes act and deliver lines entirely in Russian, alongside a Russian-speaking cast. Critic and stand-up comedian Viv Groskop reviews.

Presenter Kirsty Lang
Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Ron Howard on The Beatles

    Duration: 10:00

  • Two Women

    Duration: 04:26

  • Sharon Olds

    Duration: 06:54

  • Tom Ellis

    Duration: 06:44

Ron Howard on The Beatles

Ron Howard on The Beatles

is in UK cinemas from 15 September 2016, certificate 12A.

Image - Main image above and to the left: The Beatles in Eight Days a Week.

Sharon Olds

Sharon Olds

Odes, collection of poems聽 is out now, published by Jonathan Cape

Image: Sharon Olds

Image credit: Brett Hall Jones

Tom Ellis

Tom Ellis

is at The Wallace Collection, London from 15 September - 27 November 2016.

Image: Tom Ellis (Left) with Kirsty Lang

Two Women

Two Women

, certificate U,聽is released in UK cinemas on16 September 2016.

Image: a still from Two Women

Image credit: Evgeniya Rodina, Moscow

Credits

Role Contributor
Interviewed Guest Ron Howard
Interviewed Guest Sharon Olds
Interviewed Guest Tom Ellis
Interviewed Guest Viv Groskop
Presenter Kirsty Lang
Producer Jerome Weatherald

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  • Wed 14 Sep 2016 19:15

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