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Skyfall title sequence; Picasso show; Nairobi crime fiction

Kirsty Lang talks to the creator of the Skyfall title sequence, reviews a new exhibition about Picasso's annus mirabilis, and talks to the author of a Nairobi crime novel.

With Kirsty Lang.

Skyfall, the highest-grossing Bond film of all time, is about to appear on DVD. Daniel Kleinman, the designer of the dark opening title sequence with Bond underwater after being shot in the chest, discusses his vision for the classic ingredient of every Bond film, originally established by the late Maurice Binder.

Richard Crompton is a new name in crime fiction. Nairobi, where he lives, provides his location, and his first novel, The Honey Guide, introduces us to his protagonist Mollel, a former Maasai warrior-turned-police detective. He reflects on his approach to writing about crime in Kenya.

Becoming Picasso is a new exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery in London. Its focus is 1901, seen as the painter's breakthrough year, when at the age of just 19 he created the work that formed his first Paris exhibition. Becoming Picasso charts the momentous year and shows the start of many of the themes he developed later in his long career. Art critic Sarah Kent reviews.

The way we watch television is changing forever, as programmes are now being shown on-line before they reach TV screens and sales of DVDs are dwindling as downloads are on the rise. And this has an effect on how and where we watch films and programmes, as the television in the lounge is slowly being usurped by the computer in the bedroom. Naomi Alderman considers the pleasures and dangers of our new bedtime habits.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Daniel Kleinman - opening title designer, Skyfall

    Interview with Daniel Kleinman - opening title designer, Skyfall

    Duration: 11:25

  • Becoming Picasso

    A review of the Becoming Picasso exhibition

    Duration: 04:54

  • Interview with crime writer Richard Crompton

    Interview with crime writer Richard Crompton

    Duration: 08:23

  • Laptop TV

    Naomi Alderman's TV pleasures

    Duration: 03:38

Broadcast

  • Thu 14 Feb 2013 19:15

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