Bernard Cribbins, Claire Foy and Ryan Gosling on First Man, Butterfly
Bernard Cribbins discusses his autobiography, Bernard Who?, Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy on the Neil Armstrong film First Man, and Juno Dawson reviews ITV drama Butterfly.
The actor and entertainer Bernard Cribbins, who will be 90 in December, discusses his new memoir Bernard Who?: 75 Years of Doing Just About Everything, in which he tells his own story, very much in his own way, about a busy career which includes Jackanory , Right Said Fred, Doctor Who, The Wombles, Shakespeare, Hitchcock鈥檚 Frenzy, The Railway Children, Crooks in Cloisters, three Carry On films and lots of radio.
La La Land duo Ryan Gosling and director Damien Chazelle reunite for First Man, a film about the trials and tribulations of astronaut Neil Armstrong鈥檚 bold and costly mission to land on the moon. Ryan plays Neil Armstrong alongside The Crown star Claire Foy as his wife Janet. The actors consider how the astronaut and his wife had to deal with the high-pressured space race whilst processing the death of their young daughter.
The new ITV drama series Butterfly focuses on a child who socially transitions from Max to Maxine. Transgender author Juno Dawson gives her verdict on how well the drama tackles the issue on mainstream TV.
Montserrat Caball茅 has died aged 85. Opera critic Rupert Christiansen assesses the career and voice of one of the most exciting and successful sopranos of the 20th century.
Presenter John Wilson
Producer Jerome Weatherald
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Bernard Cribbins
by Bernard Cribbins and James Hogg is published on 11 October 2018 in hardback, as an eBook and as a downloadable audiofile.
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Main image above and image to the left: Bernard Cribbins
Claire Foy and Ryan Gosling on First Man
is in UK cinemas on 12 October 2018, certificate 212A.
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Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong and Claire Foy as Janet Armstrong in First Man
Image credit: Universal Pictures
Butterfly
Butterfly, a 3-part 聽mini-series is on ITV from 14 October 2018.
Image: Anna Friel (left) as Vicky Duffy and Callum Booth-Ford
Montserrat Caballe remembered
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