10/07/2018
Holly Hunter talks to Samira Ahmed about her career in Hollywood, including her performances in The Piano and Broadcast News and returning to voice Elastigirl in Incredibles 2.
Holly Hunter talks about her four-decade career in Hollywood, including her Oscar winning performance in The Piano, her role as a TV journalist in Broadcast News, and returning to voice Elastigirl in the blockbuster animation, Incredibles 2.
The National Theatre of Wales is marking the 70th anniversary of the NHS with a season of new plays performed across Wales. Samira talks to Peter Cox, writer of the The Stick-Maker Tales, about a shepherd in the Elan Valley, and Kully Thiarai, Artistic Director of the National Theatre of Wales.
Need inspiration for holiday reading? Writer and translator Daniel Hahn recommends books to travellers destined for Russia, Sri Lanka and the Czech Republic, as part of our Summer Reads series.
Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Timothy Prosser.
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Holly Hunter on the voice tricks behind The Incredibles
Duration: 03:55
Incredibles 2
NHS70: The Stick Maker Tales
Summer Reads: Daniel Hahn
Tonight鈥檚 picks by writer and translator Daniel Hahn (pictured left).
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Prague
Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal translated by Michael Henry Heim and Love Letter in Cuneiform by Tomas Zmeskal translated by Alex Zucker
Sri Lanka
Anil鈥檚 Ghost by Michael Ondaatje and The Story of a Brief Marriage by Anuk Arudpragasam
St Petersburg
Nikolai Gogol鈥檚 short stories (various translators) and The Siege by Helen Dunmore
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| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Samira Ahmed |
| Producer | Timothy Prosser |
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- Tue 10 Jul 2018 19:15大象传媒 Radio 4 FM
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