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Nightcrawler, Tis Pity She's a Whore, Richard Ford, Science Museum, Passing Bells

Tom Sutcliffe chairs critical discussion of the week's cultural events, including Nightcrawler, Tis Pity She's a Whore, Richard Ford, the Science Museum and The Passing Bells.

Nightcrawler is a movie about the ambulance-chasing camera crews who film at the site of traffic accidents, shootings etc and sell the footage to TV stations for their news bulletins. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, we see him begin his nightcrawling career, but will it make a good man turn bad?
'Tis Pity She's a Whore is being staged at London's Globe Theatre. Written in the early 1600s by John Ford, the plot includes incest which made it extremely controversial at the time. And it was so controversial in fact that it wasn't revived in London until 1923. How will 21st century London audiences respond?
Richard Ford's new book Let Me Be Frank With You is a collection of short stories all featuring the same main character: Frank Bascombe who has appeared in Ford's previous work. He's getting older and returns in all his imperfect glory, dealing with the mess of life.
The Queen recently opened the latest gallery at London's Science Museum. It's called The Information Age and it's the first permanent gallery dedicated to the history of information and communication technologies. How have they managed to bring Translatlantic cable-laying to life?
±«Óãtv1's latest World War 1 drama, Passing Bells follows the lives of two young recruits, one English, one German as they take part in and are affected by the conflict.
Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Linda Grant, Emma Woolf and David Benedict. The producer is Oliver Jones.

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Sat 1 Nov 2014 19:15
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'Tis Pity She's A Whore

Directed by Michael Longhurst, is at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare's Globe in London until 7 December 2014. Main Image: Fiona Button as Annabella and Max Bennett as Giovanni. Photo: Simon Kane

Nightcrawler

Written and directed by Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler is in cinemas from Friday 31 October, certificate 15

The Passing Bells

A five part drama, begins on Monday 3 November, 7pm on ±«Óãtv One.

Let Me Be Frank With You

Let Me Be Frank With You by Richard Ford is published by Bloomsbury.

The Information Age

The new gallery is at the Science Museum in London. 

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Presenter Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest Linda Grant
Interviewed Guest Emma Woolf
Interviewed Guest David Benedict
Producer Oliver Jones

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  • Sat 1 Nov 2014 19:15
    ±«Óãtv Radio 4

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