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Sue Johnston, Burt Kwouk remembered, Yayoi Kusama, Simon Stone, Philip Venables

Sue Johnston on new TV drama series Rovers, Burt Kwouk remembered, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama reviewed, composer Philip Venables on Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis, Simon Stone.

Sue Johnston, best known for her TV portrayal of The Royle Family's matriarch Barbara, on reuniting with Craig Cash from the series in Rovers, a new TV comedy about lower-league football team Redbridge Rovers and their oddball set of fans.

Actor Burt Kwouk, famous for playing Cato in the Pink Panther films and for his role in TV drama series Tenko, is remembered by film historian Matthew Sweet.

Yayoi Kusama had the highest global exhibition attendance of any artist in 2014, and this year she was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People. Now, at 87, she has an exhibition of new work in London, featuring pumpkin sculptures and her continuing preoccupation with polka dots and finely-scalloped 'infinity net' patterns. Louisa Buck reviews.

Simon Stone discusses directing The Daughter, starring Geoffrey Rush and Sam Neill. The film is a re-imagining of Ibsen's The Wild Duck and is based on Stone's own critically-acclaimed adaptation for stage.

Composer Philip Venables tells Samira about his operatic adaptation of Sarah Kane's play 4.48 Psychosis which deals with the late writer's experience of depression.

Presenter Samira Ahmed
Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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Chapters

  • Burt Kwouk Remembered

    Duration: 04:43

  • Sue Johnston

    Duration: 06:23

  • Yayoi Kusama

    Duration: 04:30

  • Simon Stone

    Duration: 05:36

  • Philip Venables' 4.48 Psychosis

    Duration: 06:41

Burt Kwouk Remembered

Burt Kwouk Remembered
Image: Burt Kwouk

Rovers

Rovers

is on Sky 1 at 10.00pm from 24 May 2016.

Image (right and main image) : Sue Johnston as Doreen in Rovers

Main image credit: Vishal Sharma for Sky 1

Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama

exhibition is at Victoria Miro, London from 25 May - 30 July 2016.

Image: All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins, 2016 Installation,

KUSAMA Enterprise, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo/Singapore, and Victoria Miro, London

Image credit: Yayoi Kusama

The Daughter

The Daughter

The Daughter opens in UK cinemas from 27 May 2016, certificate 15.

Image: Ewen Leslie (Left), Odessa Young (Centre) and Sam Neill (Right) in The Daughter

Image credit: Mark Roberts

4.48 Psychosis

4.48 Psychosis

by Philip Venables is at the Lyric Hammersmith until 28 May 2016.

Image: 4.48 Psychosis

Image credit: ROH/AKA

Credits

Presenter Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest Sue Johnston
Interviewed Guest Matthew Sweet
Interviewed Guest Louisa Buck
Interviewed Guest Simon Stone
Interviewed Guest Philip Venables
Producer Jerome Weatherald

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