David Attenborough's cameraman, Bridget Riley exhibition, Forward Poetry winner
The cameraman on David Attenborough's series Seven Worlds, One Planet; Fiona Benson has won the Forward Prize for best poetry collection. Plus, the Bridget Riley retrospective
David Attenborough's new documentary series Seven Worlds, One Planet has been four years in the making, we speak to Bertie Gregory, a wildlife cameraman who was at the heart of the show.
The new retrospective of the work of the pioneering artist Bridget Riley at the Hayward Gallery in London features over 200 works spanning her 70-year career. Louisa Buck reviews the exhibition that features Riley’s famous black-and-white works of the 1960s to her more recent works as she continues to play with abstraction and perception.
The Forward Prize for Best Poetry Collection 2019 has been awarded to Fiona Benson for her collection Vertigo & Ghost. She explains why Zeus and his relations with mortals and nymphs is at the heart of the poems.
Drill artist Rico Racks has been banned from using drug slang in his music after being convicted for supplying class A drugs. The list of words include “trapping” meaning “dealing” and “connect” - a drugs contact. Journalist and youth worker Ciaran Thapar reports.
Presenter : Samira Ahmed
Producer : Dymphna Flynn
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David Attenborough's cameraman
Seven Worlds, One Planet is on Sundays on ±«Óătv1 from 27 October 2019, and on the ±«Óătv  iPlayer
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Main image above: Bertie Gregory, one of the Seven World One Planet camera operators on location with his camera.
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Image to the left: an image from Seven Worlds, One Planet - a young Gentoo penguin with its remaining down feathers in a Mohican style.
Image credit: ±«Óătv NHU
Bridget Riley exhibition
The is at the Hayward Gallery, London from 23 October 2019Â until 26 January 2020.
Image: Bridget Riley
Pause, 1964
(c) Bridget Riley 2019. All rights reserved
Forward Poetry Prize winner
Image: Fiona Benson
Image credit: /Adrian Pope
Fiona Benson's 2019Â poetry volume, is out now in paperback and as an eBook.
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