Bodyguard, Fanfiction, Bryony Lavery's stage adaptation of The Lovely Bones, Vaseem Khan
Arts news, interviews and reviews. We review Jed Mercurio's latest TV drama, Bodyguard and speak to Bryony Lavery about her stage adaptation of novel The Lovely Bones.
Jed Mercurio's new drama Bodyguard follows Richard Madden as a troubled war veteran assigned as protection officer to the Home Secretary played by Keeley Hawes. TV critic Alison Graham reviews this latest offering from the writer of police thriller Line of Duty.
As a One Direction themed fanfiction is now being turned into a feature film; we ask if fanfiction has finally gone mainstream with books journalist Sarah Shaffi and fanfiction writer and novelist RJ Anderson.
The Lovely Bones is a bestselling novel by Alice Sebold about a young girl who is brutally murdered and looks down on her grieving family from heaven. Playwright Bryony Lavery discusses turning this well loved book into a theatre piece.
For our Inspire season we commissioned three artists to make a piece of work. Tonight we catch up with crime novelist Vaseem Khan to see how he's getting on.
Presenter: Sharmaine Lovegrove
Producer: Hannah Robins.
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Bodyguard
Bodyguard begins on 大象传媒 One on Sun 26 Aug at 9 pm聽
Main image: Keeley Hawes and Richard Madden in Bodyguard
Bryony Lavery
Photo credit: Feast Creative
The Lovely Bones on tour:
Sat 1 Sep to Sat 22 Sep
Tue 25 Sep to Sat 6 Oct
Tue 9 to Sat 20 Oct
Tue 30 Oct to Sat 10 Nov
Tue 13 to Sat 17 Nov
Fanfiction
An online fan fiction series about One Direction is being adapted into a feature film
Vaseem Khan - Inspire
Vaseem Khan investigates the creative process
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Sharmaine Lovegrove |
| Interviewed Guest | Alison Graham |
| Interviewed Guest | Sarah Shaffi |
| Interviewed Guest | RJ Anderson |
| Interviewed Guest | Bryony Lavery |
| Interviewed Guest | Vaseem Khan |
| Producer | Hannah Robins |
Broadcast
- Wed 22 Aug 2018 19:15大象传媒 Radio 4
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