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Eileen Atkins, the financial crash and the arts, Denis Norden remembered, Ingrid Persaud

Eileen Atkins on her latest stage role in Florian Zeller鈥檚 The Height of the Storm and, ten years on, we consider the impact of the financial crash on the arts

Eileen Atkins talks about her latest stage role in Florian Zeller鈥檚 The Height of the Storm, a play about a couple who have been in love for 50 years. The actress, who began her career in the 1950s explains the challenges of Zeller鈥檚 writing and her preference for new theatre.

10 years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, John Kampfner, co-founder of the Creative Industries Federation, and arts journalist Jo Caird discuss the impact of the financial crisis on the arts.

Today it was announced that Denis Norden has died. His long career as a comedy writer and performer spanned radio sitcoms in the late 1940s , Hollywood films, and the hugely successful television out-takes show It鈥檒l be Alright on the Night. Dick Fiddy, Archive TV Programmer at the BFI explains his significance.

Ingrid Persaud has been shortlisted for the 大象传媒 National Short Story Award with The Sweet Sop. She explains what inspired her story which explores the relationship between a father and his estranged son. Set in Trinidad and told in a distinctively Caribbean voice, it deals with themes of masculinity, death and鈥hocolate.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Hannah Robins

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Eileen Atkins

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Photo credit:聽Richard Hubert Smith

The Height of the Storm is at the until
29 Sept and at聽, London from 2 Oct until 1 Dec

Main image: Eileen Atkins in
The Height of the Storm
Photo credit:聽Richard Hubert Smith

Ingrid Persaud

Ingrid Persaud
Ingrid Persaud

Ingrid Persaud's short story The Sweet Sop has been shortlisted for the and is on Radio 4 on Thurs 20 Sept at 3.30 pm


RIP Denis Norden

RIP Denis Norden
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