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Paul Mescal on Gladiator II, Murakami's latest novel, Test Tube baby drama Joy

Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.

Tom Sutcliffe talks to Paul Mescal about slipping into Russell Crowe’s sandals in Gladiator 2 – as well as reviewing the film itself with classically-trained Guardian journalist Charlotte Higgins and film critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh. They also talk about Haruki Murakami's first new book for six years, The City and Its Uncertain Walls and the Netflix drama Joy, about how beginnings of IVF.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Paula McGrath

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