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Diana Damrau; Farah Nuruddin; Dame Helen Mirren

Nikki Bedi presents her pick of ´óÏó´«Ã½ arts broadcasting highlights, which this week include soprano Diana Damrau, author Farah Nuruddin and actress Helen Mirren

Nikki Bedi presents her pick of ´óÏó´«Ã½ arts broadcasting highlights.

Helen Mirren talks about playing a colonel in a new thriller about drone warfare, Eye in the Sky; Moroccan musician Ahmed Soultan explains how he invented ‘Afro-bian’ music; poet and rapper Kate Tempest tells us about the experience of writing her first novel and the Nepalese band Night treat us to music featuring traditional instruments including the Leaf!

The Somalian author Farah Nuruddin discusses sex and the veil; there’s a chance to brush up your knowledge of Shakespeare on film with critic Phillip Bergson; Jamaican dub poet Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze explains the importance of verandahs in Jamaican culture and the superstar soprano Diana Damrau discusses the challenge of singing coloratura while committing murder and having a miscarriage on stage.

Montage: l-r Diana Damrau (Credit: © Royal Opera House. Photographer: Stephen Cummiskey); Nuruddin Farah (Credit: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images); Dame Helen Mirren

50 minutes

Last on

Mon 18 Apr 2016 23:06GMT

Chapters

  • Helen Mirren

    British actress Dame Helen Mirren discusses her new film Eye In The Sky

    Duration: 05:39

  • Ahmed Soultan

    Moroccan singer Ahmed Soultan on his pioneering sound, fusing styles from across Africa

    Duration: 04:49

  • Kate Tempest

    British poet and rapper Kate Tempest on her first novel, The Bricks That Built The Houses

    Duration: 06:03

  • Nepalese folk band Night

    Night perform 'Ani Ukali Sangai Orali' and lead singer Jason Kunwar talks about the band

    Duration: 04:45

  • Farah Nuruddin

    Somalian author Nuruddin Farah speaks about his classic novel 'Maps'

    Duration: 04:46

  • Shakespeare on film

    British film critic Phillip Bergson discusses Shakespeare on screen

    Duration: 07:57

  • Jean "Binta" Breeze

    Jamaican dub poet and storyteller Jean "Binta" Breeze on her new book, The Verandah Poems

    Duration: 04:53

  • Diana Damrau

    German soprano Diana Damrau on her role in a controversial version of Lucia di Lammermoor

Broadcasts

  • Sat 16 Apr 2016 15:06GMT
  • Sun 17 Apr 2016 14:06GMT
  • Mon 18 Apr 2016 06:06GMT
  • Mon 18 Apr 2016 23:06GMT