Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs, Sporting theme tunes, National poetry competition winner, AJ Pearce
Arts news, interviews and reviews. Wes Anderson on his film, Isle of Dogs, set on a trash island in Japan. Plus how do you write a classic sporting theme tune?
Wes Anderson discusses his film Isle of Dogs, including working with stop-motion animation and drawing inspiration from Studio Ghibli director Miyazaki for the Japanese setting for the film.
What makes a great sports theme tune? As the 2018 Formula 1 season kicks off with a specially composed anthem, we speak to its composer Brian Tyler and consider the essential components of an iconic sports theme tunes with former ±«Óãtv sport correspondent Adrian Warner.
Seven publishers were in a bidding war to secure AJ Pearce's debut novel Dear Mrs Bird. The author comes in to talk about the book in which a young woman dreams of becoming a lady war correspondent during the Blitz but instead is employed as the assistant to a formidable agony aunt at a failing women's magazine.
The winner of the National Poetry Competition is announced this evening, we hear from the winning poet, who will read one of their poems.
Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Hannah Robins.
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Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs
Duration: 08:10
Sporting theme tunes
Duration: 09:17
AJ Pearce
Duration: 08:36
National Poetry Competition winner
Duration: 01:15
Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs
Wes Andersons's animated film Isle of Dogs opens in UK cinemas on 30 March 2018, certificate PG.
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Main image above: a still from the film Isle of Dogs
Image to the left: Director Wes Anderson (Centre) with 2 of the Isle of Dogs' voice stars: Greta Gerwig (Left) and Tilda Swinton (Right)
Images credit: Twentieth Centruy Fox
See some of the sets and puppets used in the filming of Isle of Dogs in a free exhibition at , 180 the Strand, London until 05 April 2018.
Sporting theme tunes
Image: Film composer conducting
Image credit: Joanna Kozek
National Poetry Competition
Dom Bury is the winner of The Poetry Society's
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AJ Pearce
is out on 05 April 2018 in hardback, ebook and audio formats.
Image: AJ Pearce
Image credit: Alex James
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Role Contributor Presenter Kirsty Lang Interviewed Guest Wes Anderson Interviewed Guest Brian Tyler Interviewed Guest Adrian Warner Interviewed Guest AJ Pearce Producer Hannah Robins Broadcast
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