Filth and Masters of Sex
Irvine Welsh's novel Filth comes to the big screen starring James McAvoy, and Michael Sheen plays obstetrician William Masters in Masters of Sex on TV.
Irvine Welsh's book Filth hits the big screen with a bang - and bagpipes - as James McAvoy takes on the role of Scotland's bad lieutenant. It is directed by Jon S Baird and also stars Imogen Poots, John Sessions and Eddie Marsan.
Richard Eyre directs a new production of Ibsen's controversial masterpiece Ghosts starring Lesley Manville at the Almeida Theatre in London.
Shunga: sex and pleasure in Japanese art at the British Museum and The Night of Longing at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge are complementary exhibitions showcasing the extraordinary body of erotic pictures in early modern Japan.
Masters of Sex starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan is a new American tv drama on Channel 4 which brings to life the 50s research of William Masters and Virginia Johnson in their pioneering work on sex.
And Marriage Material is Sathnam Sanghera's transposition of Arnold Bennett's The Old Wives' Tale to the Black Country of more recent decades, as he tells a tale of two generations of a Punjabi shopkeeping family in Wolverhampton.
Antonia Quirke, Kevin Jackson and Kamila Shamsie join Tom Sutcliffe.
Producer: Sarah Johnson.
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Filth: the David Soul moment
Duration: 01:16
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Filth
Duration: 07:45
Ghosts
Duration: 08:01
Shunga: sex and pleasure in Japanese art and The Night of Longing exhibitions
Duration: 08:18
Masters of Sex
Duration: 08:10
Marriage Material
Duration: 07:54
Filth
is in cinemas across the UK from Friday 4 October, certificate 18.ΒMasters of Sex
begins on Channel 4 on Tuesday 8 October at 9pm.ΒShunga: sex and pleasure in Japanese art
is at the British Museum in London from 3 October 2013 to 5 January 2014. Admission is free.The night of longing: Love and the sex trade in Japanese prints
is at the Fitzwilliam Museum fromΒ Tue 1 October 2013 to Sun 12 January 2014Β and admission is free.Ghosts
is at the Almeida Theatre in London untilΒ 23 Nov 2013.Marriage Material
Marriage Material by is out now, published by William Heinemann.Credits
Role Contributor Presenter Tom Sutcliffe Interviewed Guest Antonia Quirke Interviewed Guest Kevin Jackson Interviewed Guest Kamila Shamsie Producer Sarah Johnson Broadcast
- Sat 5 Oct 2013 19:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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