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Institute of Sexology, What We Do in the Shadows, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Robert Edric, Legacy

London's Wellcome Institute's 'The Institute of Sexology', New Zealand vampire comedy What We Do In The Shadows, David Hare's Behind The Beautiful Forevers, Robert Edric, Legacy.

London's Wellcome Institute has a new exhibition entitled The Institute of Sexology which it describes as "a candid exploration of the most publicly discussed of private acts". How will our reviewers tiptoe gently around the explicit nature of what's on show?
What We Do In The Shadows is a New Zealand vampire comedy film about a group of bloodsucking flatmates (a 'dracumentary' if you will) - who does the washing-up in the house of the undead?
Behind The Beautiful Forevers is David Hare's new play at London's National Theatre, based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Pulitzer Prize winning author Katherine Boo. It deals with life death and hope in a Mumbai undercity
Robert Edric is an acclaimed British novelist whose latest book explores the life of Branwell Bronte - brother of the more famous sisters - whose life couldn't match theirs.
Legacy is a new Danish TV police programme. What is it about the Scandi Noir genre that keeps on gripping UK audiences?

Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Helen Lewis Pat Kane and Amanda Craig. The producer is Oliver Jones.

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45 minutes

Sanctuary

by Robert Edric published by Transworld

What We Do In The Shadows (cert 15)

What We Do In The Shadows (cert 15)
In cinemas from 21 November.  Written and directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi
And starring Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, Jonathan Brugh and Ben Fransham as Petyr 
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

by David Hare

Behind the Beautiful Forevers by David Hare continues at the National’s Olivier Theatre in London until April 13th and there will be an NT Live broadcast of the play on 12th March. 

 Meera Syal as Zehrunisa and Bharti Patel as Laxmi from Behind the Beautiful Forevers.  Image by Richard Hubert Smith

Institute of Sexology

At The Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, NW1 2BE from 20 November 2014 - 20 September 2015

The Legacy

On Sky Arts from 26 November at 10 pm

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest Helen Lewis
Interviewed Guest Pat Kane
Interviewed Guest Amanda Craig
Producer Oliver Jones

Broadcast

  • Sat 22 Nov 2014 19:15

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