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Common Sense on TV, Bafta nominations, Mozart at 11, Is there a Northern Aesthetic?

How do British films fare in the Bafta nominations? Celebrating Common Sense on TV; Ian Page marks Mozart's opera debut; does a Northern aesthetic exist?

La La Land leads the Bafta field with 11 nominations, closely followed by Arrival and Nocturnal Animals with nine apiece but does this celebration of Hollywood come at the expense of home-grown British movies? We explore with Chief Film Critic of The Times, Kate Muir.

Common Sense is a new reality TV show from the makers of Gogglebox, in which a regular cast of British people respond to the week's news. The show's creator Stephen Lambert and TV critic Boyd Hilton discuss.

250 years ago this year, an 11-year-old Mozart composed his first operas. Ian Page, artistic director of Classical Opera, will be presenting those childhood operas this year, and he talks to Kirsty Lang about his company's 27-year commitment to perform each of Mozart's works exactly 250 years after it was composed.

North: Identity, Photography, Fashion has just opened at Liverpool's Open Eye Gallery, looking at the global influence of Northern fashion and photography. We talk to its curator Adam Murray and fashion designer and cultural commentator Wayne Hemingway about the idea of a Northern aesthetic.

Presenter Kirsty Lang
Producer Marilyn Rust.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Bafta nominations

    Duration: 06:08

  • Common Sense on TV

    Duration: 07:11

  • Mozart at 11

    Duration: 07:21

  • Is there a Northern Aesthetic?

    Duration: 06:27

Common Sense on TV

Common Sense on TV

The series starts on 大象传媒2 tv and the 大象传媒 iPlayer at 10.00pm on 11 January 2017.

Images:

Main image above: Frank and Aby聽 Image credit: Studio Lambert Associates

Image to the left: Ali and Noreen聽 Image credit: Studio Lambert Associates

Bafta nominations

Bafta nominations

The ceremony is on 12 February 2017 at the Royal Albert Hall, London, and on 大象传媒 One tv, presented by Stephen Fry.

Image: The Bafta 'mask'.

Mozart at 11

Mozart at 11

conducted by Ian Page, performs 1767 - A Retrospective, a musical overview of 1767 featuring young soloists聽at 7.30pm at the Wigmore Hall, London on 17 January 2017. 聽 There will be pre-concert talk at 6.00pm.

Image: Ian Page

Image credit: Arno

Is there a Northern Aesthetic?

Is there a Northern Aesthetic?

The exhibition聽 is at Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool until 19 March 2017.

Image credit: a photograph by Alice Dawkins, Derrin Crawford and Demi-Leigh Cruikshank in 'The Liver Birds' LOVE magazine, Liverpool 2012

Credits

Role Contributor
Interviewed Guest Kate Muir
Interviewed Guest Stephen Lambert
Interviewed Guest Boyd Hilton
Interviewed Guest Ian Page
Interviewed Guest Adam Murray
Interviewed Guest Wayne Hemingway
Presenter Kirsty Lang
Producer Marilyn Rust

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  • Tue 10 Jan 2017 19:15

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