Stephen Frears and Ali Fazal, Pears' Cyclopaedia final edition, Jeff Pope on Cilla
Stephen Frears and Ali Fazal discuss Victoria and Abdul. Plus, the final edition of Pears' Cyclopaedia is released. And Jeff Pope on Cilla The Musical.
This week sees Judi Dench reprise the role of Queen Victoria, in Victoria and Abdul a film about the friendship between the queen and a young Indian clerk. John talks to director Stephen Frears and the actor Ali Fazal, who plays Abdul, about making the film which comically takes on a the unlikely and forgotten friendship.
Pears' Cyclopaedia has announced that the recently published 126th edition will be its last. With the Encyclopaedia Britannica heading online in recent years, as well as the explosion in popularity of sites such as Wikipedia, the way we access knowledge is changing. What does this mean for the future of reference books? And what has their significance been over the years? Historian Kathryn Hughes and QI researcher Andrew Hunter Murray discuss.
John speaks to BAFTA award winner Jeff Pope (The Moorside, Philomena, Mrs Biggs) about turning his TV drama of Cilla Black's life into a new stage musical. By the age of just 25 Priscilla White was recognised as international singing star Cilla Black and by the age of 30 she had become Britain's favourite television entertainer. Jeff explains why he wanted to focus on Cilla's early years and tell the story of her rise to fame.
Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Rebecca Armstrong.
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Stephen Frears and Ali Fazal
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Victoria & Abdul, certificate PG, is in UK cinemas from 15 September 2017.
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Main image above: Judi Dench and Ali Fazal as Victoria & Abdul at Osborne House
Smaller image to the left: Ali Fazal, Judi Dench and Director Stephen Frears on location in Inverness-shire.
Images credit: Focus Features
Pears' Cyclopaedia final edition
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The 125th and聽final edition of 聽is out now.
Image: Pears' Cyclopaedia
Image credit: Penguin Random House
Jeff Pope on Cilla
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Cilla - The Musical is at the Liverpool Empire Theatre until 16 September 2017, then it goes on tour聽of the UK, visiting Edinburgh, Milton Keynes, Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Manchester, York, Oxford, Bristol聽 before ending in Woking in March 2018.
Image: Kara Lily Hayworth as Cilla in
Image credit: Matt Martin
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Role Contributor Presenter John Wilson Interviewed Guest Stephen Frears Interviewed Guest Ali Fazal Interviewed Guest Kathryn Hughes Interviewed Guest Andrew Hunter Murray Interviewed Guest Jeff Pope Producer Rebecca Armstrong Broadcast
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