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Carey Mulligan; Colour at the National Gallery; the artistic legacy of the miners' strike 30 years on

Presented by John Wilson. Carey Mulligan on her role in Skylight; Jeremy Deller, Helen Mort and Beth Steel on Orgreave's artistic legacy; and Making Colour at the National Gallery.

As actress Carey Mulligan makes her West End debut in David Hare's 1995 drama Skylight, she discusses playing opposite Bill Nighy and how she chooses film roles. A new exhibition, Making Colour at the National Gallery in London, charts and analyses the variety of raw materials used by artists across the centuries to provide colour in paintings and other works of art, Shahidha Bari reviews. 30 years ago this week, a protest at the Orgreave coking plant turned into the most notorious confrontation of the 1984-85 miners' strike. Artist Jeremy Deller, poet Helen Mort and playwright Beth Steel discuss why the events of June 18th 1984 proved such fertile ground artistic response. And following the news that Harrison Ford has injured his ankle on the set of Star Wars, Adrian Wootton discusses how film-makers work around cast injuries.

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  • See a selection of images from the latest exhibition at the National Gallery, London

Chapters

  • Carey Mulligan

    Carey Mulligan discusses making her West End debut in David Hare's 1995 drama Skylight

    Duration: 09:07

  • Making Colour

    Shahidha Bari reviews Making Colour at the National Gallery in London

    Duration: 05:36

  • The miners' strike legacy

    A discussion on why the miners strike provided such fertile ground for artistic response

    Duration: 09:23

  • Film star injuries

    Adrian Wootton discusses how film-makers work around cast injuries

    Duration: 03:43

Skylight

Skylight

starring Carey Mulligan & Bill Nighy is on at , London booking until Saturday 23 August 2014.

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Image: Bill Nighy (Tom Sergeant) and Carey Mulligan (Kyra Hollis) in Skylight

Photo Credit: John Haynes

Battle of Orgreave

Battle of Orgreave

by Beth Steel is on at theΜύ, London from Friday 20 June until Saturday 26 July 2014. To find out more about the Artangel project, please see their . Division Street written by is published by Chatto & Windus.

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Image: Battle of Orgreave (008), Jeremy Deller, 2001

An Artangel commission. Production photograph by Martin Jenkinson

Making Colour

Making Colour
is on at the , London from Wednesday 18 June until Sunday 7 September 2014.

Credits

Presenter John Wilson
Producer Olivia Skinner
Interviewed Guest Carey Mulligan
Interviewed Guest Shahidha Bari
Interviewed Guest Jeremy Deller
Interviewed Guest Helen Mort
Interviewed Guest Beth Steel
Interviewed Guest Adrian Wootton

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  • Tue 17 Jun 2014 19:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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