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David Weil on Solos, Novelist Brit Bennett, Great British Photography Challenge

David Weil on new Amazon fantasy series, Solos; Novelist Brit Bennett on Women's Prize-nominated The Vanishing Half; Great British Photography Challenge

David Weil is the showrunner for Hunters, a TV series which imagined the work of Nazi hunters in 1970s New York . The large cast included Al Pacino in his first ever TV lead role. When Covid closed down largescale productions, David Weil turned his hand to a much more intimate sort of show. Solos is a new 7-part fantasy series which is essentially monologues from the likes of Helen Mirren, Anne Hathaway and Morgan Freeman.

Brit Bennett is the first shortlisted nominee for The Women鈥檚 Prize for Fiction to join us. Her book, The Vanishing Half, follows identical twins who, after running away from home at 16, adopt different racial identities. Brit discusses how her mother鈥檚 upbringing inspired the story, and why she wanted to write about colourism.

As 大象传媒 Four launches its Great British Photography Challenge, photographer Maryam Wahid offers some handy hints to help you get the best possible shot with your mobile phone camera.

Composer, singer and choral conductor Bob Chilcott discusses the government's guidance issued on the 18th May which says that amateur choirs can only rehearse indoors in groups of a maximum of six, which led to many of the 42,000 choirs across the country having to change rehearsal and performance schedules planned after restrictions on public performances were lifted on 17th May.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Jerome Weatherald

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Brit Bennett

Brit Bennett
by Brit Bennett聽has been shortlisted for the聽.聽聽It is out now in paperback, hardback, as an Ebook or as a downloadable audiobook.聽 聽 聽 聽Image:聽.聽聽 聽Image credit: Emma Trim.聽 聽 聽The Women's Prize winner is announced on 7 July 2021.聽

Maryam Wahid

Maryam Wahid
is one of the experts on 大象传媒 Four's The Great British Photography Challenge, which starts on 24 May 2021 at 9.00pm, and is on the 大象传媒 iPlayer.聽
Image: Maryam Wahid exhibiting her works The Hijab & Women from the Pakistani Diaspora in England at The Free Range Photography Show, London (2018).

David Weil's Solos

David Weil's Solos
David Weil's 7-part anthology Solos is available to stream from Amazon Prime now.聽聽Image: Helen Mirren as Peg in solos.聽 Image credit: Jason LaVeris/Amazon Prime Video

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