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Tom Hardy in Warrior; Muppets creator Frank Oz

With Mark Lawson. Tom Hardy and Nick Nolte star in new film Warrior; Muppets creator Frank Oz on directing in the theatre; and tenor Ian Bostridge.

With Mark Lawson.

Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton and Nick Nolte star in Warrior, a new film in which two brothers take each other on in a brutal competition of Mixed Martial Arts fighting. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ sports correspondent Eleanor Oldroyd reviews.

Frank Oz worked on Sesame Street before creating his own animation series The Muppet Show, providing the voice for Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear. He moved on to voice Yoda in Star Wars. As he puts the finishing touches to directing Saul Rubinek's stage play Terrible Advice, Frank Oz looks back over his varied career.

Tenor Ian Bostridge talks about his new book A Singer's Notebook - a collection of diary entries, essays and reviews written about the world of classical music, where he has spent two decades working with many leading conductors and specialising in music by Britten, Janacek, Schubert and Weill.

Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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Tue 20 Sep 2011 19:15

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