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Sue Townsend, Charlotte Keatley, Black Gold

With Mark Lawson, including best-selling novelist Sue Townsend, playwright Charlotte Keatley, and a review of Black Gold, starring Antonio Banderas and Freida Pinto.

With Mark Lawson.

Mark Eccleston reviews Black Gold, a film about warring Arabian tribes during the 1930s oil boom, which was financed by Qatar and stars Antonio Banderas as a desert sheikh and Freida Pinto as a harem charmer.

Three decades after publishing the first of her hugely successful Adrian Mole books, Sue Townsend talks about her new novel about modern family life, The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year, and how losing her eyesight has affected her writing process.

Charlotte Keatley's play My Mother Said I Never Should is, according to the National Theatre, one of the most significant plays of the 20th Century. Charlotte tells Mark about her latest play, Our Father, and explains why writing a play is like unravelling a dream.

Producer Timothy Prosser.

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30 minutes

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Tue 21 Feb 2012 19:15

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  • Sue Townsend

    Interview with author, Sue Townsend

    Duration: 10:43

  • Black Gold

    Mark Eccleston reviews the film, Black Gold.

    Duration: 04:22

  • Art available to private collectors

    Rachel Campbell-Johnston on the art that has gone to private collections.

    Duration: 03:40

  • Charlotte Keatley

    Interview with playwright, Charlotte Keatley

    Duration: 09:10

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  • Tue 21 Feb 2012 19:15

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