13/05/2009
Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. With Beth Ditto on her role as a feminist icon and asking if reality TV cheats. Also, what costs can performers claim?
As electro-punk group Gossip prepare to release their fourth studio album, Music for Men, singer Beth Ditto talks about the band's rapid rise to fame since the 2006 album Standing in the Way of Control, and discusses her role as a modern feminist icon.
Philip Seymour Hoffman stars in Synecdoche, New York, the directorial debut from Charlie Kaufman, screenwriter of Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Being John Malkovich.
How are so-called Factual Entertainment programmes, such as Britain's Got Talent and Top Gear made? Are scenes ever created for entertainment purposes? How much do audiences know or care?
Political expenses are in the news at the moment, but what financial costs can performers claim? Mark Lawson discusses this with actor and writer Michael Simkins.
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Synecdoche, New York (Review)
The directorial debut from Charlie Kaufman, screenwriter of Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Being John Malkovich.
Duration: 05:30
Beth Ditto
Talking about her band's rapid rise to fame since the 2006 album Standing in the Way of Control, and discusses her role as a modern feminist icon.
Duration: 16:36
Performer Expenses
What financial costs can performers claim? Mark Lawson discusses this with actor and writer Michael Simkins.
Duration: 04:00
Factual Entertainment TV
How are so-called Factual Entertainment programmes made? Are scenes ever created for entertainment purposes? How much do audiences know or care?
Duration: 08:13
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