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Bill Nighy, and Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In

With Mark Lawson. Actor Bill Nighy on playing a spy, and Pedro Almodóvar's film The Skin I Live In, the story of a plastic surgeon who creates an indestructible synthetic skin.

With Mark Lawson.

Actor Bill Nighy looks back over his career including Love Actually, and in particular his latest role as a spy working for the British government in David Hare's new TV thriller Page Eight.

Pedro Almodóvar's new film The Skin I Live In is the story of an inventive plastic surgeon who creates an indestructible synthetic skin. Sarah Churchwell reviews.

And bestselling Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbø, whose highly-acclaimed novels feature Detective Harry Hole, discusses his latest book Headhunters, and how as a crime writer he views the recent tragic events in Norway.

Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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30 minutes

Last on

Tue 23 Aug 2011 19:15

Chapters

  • One Day

    • One Day

      Suzanne Moore reviews the film of David Nicholl's best selling novel, One Day.

      Duration: 05:02

  • Northumberlandia

    • Northumberlandia

      Mark Lawson visits landscape sculpture Northumberlandia

      Duration: 12:03

  • Nicholson Baker

    • Nicholson Baker

      Mark Lawson talks to American novelist Nicholson Baker

      Duration: 10:09

Broadcast

  • Tue 23 Aug 2011 19:15

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