Burton and Taylor's love nest
Antonia Quirke visits the house that Richard Burton bought for Elizabeth Taylor in a fishing village in Mexico, which is now a deluxe hotel.
Antonia Quirke visits the house that Richard Burton bought for Elizabeth Taylor in a fishing village in Mexico, that's now a deluxe hotel. When the lovers conducted their affair out in the open in Puerto Vallarta, the paparazzi soon followed, and eventually the the small town was transformed into a tourist mecca.
Director Ceyda Torun explains how she invented new technology to follow a herd of cats through the streets of Istanbul for her documentary Kedi.
Antonia visits St Leonards, where King Harold's consort Edith Swan Neck is memorialised with a delapidated public sculpture. There she meets film-maker Andrew Kotting, who is trying to restore Edith's memory with a new documentary Edith Walks, in which he and five friends hike 108 miles from Waltham Abbey to the South East coast as an act of pilgrimage.
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| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Antonia Quirke |
| Interviewed Guest | Ceyda Torun |
| Interviewed Guest | Andrew Kotting |
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- Thu 29 Jun 2017 16:00大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sun 2 Jul 2017 23:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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