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Luther creator Neil Cross; re-imagining Ballets Russes

With Mark Lawson, who interviews Luther creator Neil Cross; new video game Journey is reviewed; and Mark Baldwin and George Williamson discuss re-imagining the Ballets Russes.

With Mark Lawson.

Writer Neil Cross created Luther, the tormented detective played by Idris Elba on TV, and also wrote for the acclaimed spy series Spooks. He discusses why he hopes Luther will move from the small screen to the cinema.

A century after Diaghilev's Ballets Russes caused a sensation in Paris, two major British ballet companies are re-imagining the Ballets Russes' most famous works. Mark talks to the 21 year-old choreographer George Williamson who has re-worked Stravinsky's Firebird for English National Ballet, and Mark Baldwin from the Rambert Dance Company, who has created a contemporary take on Debussy's L'Apres-midi d'un faune.

Novelist Naomi Alderman reviews Journey, the acclaimed new video game in which players find themselves in a vast and empty desert.

This week Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner announced he would change a piece of music in the first episode of the new series, set in 1965, after canny preview audiences spotted the song hadn't been written yet. Music writer David Hepworth considers what happens when writers get their musical references wrong.

Producer Ellie Bury.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Neil Cross

    • Neil Cross

      Neil Cross, creator of Luther discusses how the he created the character

      Duration: 09:32

  • Ballets Russes

    • Ballets Russes

      A re-imagining of Stravinsky's Firebird for English National Ballet

      Duration: 09:52

  • Naomi Alderman

    • Naomi Alderman

      Novelist Naomi Alderman reviews Journey, the acclaimed new video game

      Duration: 03:40

  • David Hepworth

    • David Hepworth

      David Hepworth on what happens when writers get their musical references wrong

      Duration: 04:44

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  • Wed 21 Mar 2012 19:15

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