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Pacific Rim with Del Toro; Wikileaks; Mark Gatiss on small-screen spin-offs; silent film Blancanieves

Director Guillermo del Toro talks to Matthew Sweet about summer blockbuster Pacific Rim, Mark Gatiss checks out big-screen spin-offs of '70s TV, plus the Wikileaks documentary.

The Mexican director Guillermo Del Toro tells Matthew Sweet about the joyful creative experience of making his summer blockbuster Pacific Rim, a film about sea monsters and super robots. After his Oscar-winning animation Pan's Labyrinth, he explains the attraction of CGI and big budgets.
As Alex Gibney's new documentary Wikileaks: We Sell Secrets is released, the film maker Roger Graef compares how the genre works on the big and small screen. Can contemporary films on events still very much unfolding really work at the movies?
And a beautiful silent film in black and white reworks Snow White. Blancanieves sets the fairytale in 1920s Seville. The director Pablo Berger and film historian Ian Christie discuss the rise of the new silent genre.
Mark Gatiss continues his series of cinema spin offs from British TV of the 70s with Are You Being Served? The sales team go on holiday to Costa Plonka...

Producer: Elaine Lester.

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Presenter Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest Guillermo del Toro
Interviewed Guest Roger Graef
Interviewed Guest Pablo Berger
Interviewed Guest Ian Christie
Interviewed Guest Mark Gatiss
Producer Elaine Lester
Producer Fiona Couper

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