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21/02/2012

The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day.

Presented by Anna McNamee.

On today's programme: In Darkness, The Foundling and The Death of Klinghoffer.

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18 minutes

Last on

Wed 22 Feb 2012 13:32GMT
大象传媒 World Service Online

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Chapters

  • In Darkness

    We continue discovering the year's Oscar-nominated foreign films. Today: In Darkness which tells of Leopold Socha, a sewer worker in Poland who shelters Jews from the Nazis during World War II.

    Duration: 04:30

  • The Foundling

    The latest book by French author Agnes Desarthes, is the story of Jerome who after his teenage daughter loses her boyfriend in a horrific motorcycle crash, finds himself unable to cope with his grief.

    Duration: 05:02

  • The Death of Klinghoffer

    John Adams' controversial opera about the 1985 hijacking of a cruise ship and murder of a Jewish passenger by Palestinian terrorists is staged in London.

    Duration: 07:56

Broadcasts

  • Tue 21 Feb 2012 23:32GMT
    大象传媒 World Service Online
  • Wed 22 Feb 2012 02:32GMT
    大象传媒 World Service Online
  • Wed 22 Feb 2012 09:32GMT
    大象传媒 World Service Online
  • Wed 22 Feb 2012 13:32GMT
    大象传媒 World Service Online