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Shirley MacLaine, Bolshoi Ballet, Paris Lees' Queer Icon, baritone and composer Roderick Williams

Shirley MacLaine looks back on her career. In our Queer Icons series, Paris Lees chooses The Crying Game. Baritone and composer Roderick Williams on his new work for the Proms.

As Shirley MacLaine releases a new film about a woman curating her obituary, she reflects on her long career in Hollywood, including working with Alfred Hitchcock, being the only female member of the Rat Pack and starring in Downton Abbey alongside Maggie Smith.

As the Bolshoi Ballet cancels the eagerly awaited adaptation about Nureyev, ballet critic Ismene Brown discusses what might have caused this to come about.

For our Queer Icons series, trans rights activist and journalist Paris Lees chooses Neil Jordan's 1992 film The Crying Game, about an IRA man's relationship with a British soldier's lover.

The baritone and composer Roderick Williams talks about his upcoming performances at the Cheltenham Music Festival and at the Proms where a world premiere of his new 大象传媒 commission, inspired by the text of a well-known aria from Mozart's Don Giovanni, will be performed.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Shirley MacLaine

    Duration: 09:43

  • Bolshoi Ballet

    Duration: 04:50

  • Paris Lees

    Duration: 05:18

  • Roderick Williams

    Duration: 07:53

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine
The Last Word
Photo credit: Vertigo Releasing
The Last Word is in most cinemas, cert 15

Main image: Shirley MacLaine in The Last Word
Photo credit: Vertigo Releasing

Paris Lees

Paris Lees
Paris Lees

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Roderick Williams

Roderick Williams
Roderick Williams
Photo credit: Benjamin Ealovega

La Ci Darem premieres at 1 pm on Mon 17 July for a lunchtime

Credits

Role Contributor
Interviewed Guest Shirley MacLaine
Interviewed Guest Ismene Brown
Interviewed Guest Paris Lees
Interviewed Guest Roderick Williams
Presenter Kirsty Lang
Producer Rebecca Armstrong

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  • Mon 10 Jul 2017 19:15

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