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Lions for Lambs by Robert Redford, Forgotten Heroes: The Not Dead by Poet Simon Armitage and director Brian Hill

Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the cultural highlights of the week.

Lions for Lambs
Directed by Robert Redford, Lions For Lambs explores the current war in Afghanistan, via three narrative threads, involving a political science teacher (Robert Redford), three of his students, a candidate for the White House (Tom Cruise), and a journalist (Meryl Streep). The Lions of the title are America's soldiers, and the Lambs the politicians who generally have no experience of war yet insist on the virtues of sacrifice.

Henry V
Young King Henry of England invades France in order to claim his right to a kingdom and to the daughter of the King of France in the RSC’s new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play, directed by Michael Boyd with Geoffrey Streatfield as King Henry V.

Forgotten Heroes: The Not Dead
Poet Simon Armitage and director Brian Hill explore the human cost of fighting and killing through the stories of three men who have fought in wars spanning six decades. Intimate interviews and poetry recited by the veterans and based on their lives reveal how they have been shattered by war.

Aida
English National Opera unveils a new Aida - a love story set in ancient Egypt at the time of the Pharaohs, with designs by Zandra Rhodes. It stars Claire Rutter as the slavegirl Aida; Jane Dutton as the Pharoah’s daughter, Amneris; and John Hudson as Radames, Captain of the Guards.

Anri Sala
An exhibition by artist Anri Sala includes an installation called Ulysses where you can hear an unreleased song by the band Franz Ferdinand, an opportunity to play and record a drum soundtrack, plus Sala’s video work, Air Conditioned Ride.

45 minutes

Broadcast

  • Sat 10 Nov 2007 19:15

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