Peter Jackson; Philip Pullman on William Blake; Memoirs of the Year
Peter Jackson on his final instalment of The Hobbit, Philip Pullman on William Blake at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, Kathryn Hughes picks her biographies and memoirs of the year.
Director Peter Jackson and co-writer Philippa Boyens talk to John Wilson about their final instalment of The Hobbit film franchise; the author Philip Pullman reflects on one of his heroes, William Blake, as a new exhibition at the Ashmolean in Oxford explores his formation as an engraver; and historian Kathryn Hughes makes her selection of biographies and memoirs of the year.
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Christmas Wish List: Biographies and Memoirs
Duration: 05:23
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Peter Jackson
Duration: 10:14
William Blake exhibition
Duration: 07:37
The Factory theatre & arts venue
Duration: 04:29
Christmas Wish List: Biographies and Memoirs
Duration: 05:33
The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies
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, directed by Peter Jackson, is released in UK cinemas on 12 December, certificate 12A.William Blake: Apprentice and Master
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The exhibitionΒ Β opens at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford on 4 December and runs until 1 March 2015.
Image: William Blake, Nebuchadnezzar, c. 1795–1805. © Tate, London.Christmas Wish List: Biographies and Memoirs
Kathryn Hughes chooses the following books for Front Row's Christmas Wish List:
- Common People: The History of an English Family, by Alison LightΒ
- H is for Hawk, by Helen MacDonald
- John Wayne: the Life and Legend, by Scott Eyman
- An Encyclopaedia of Myself, by Jonathan Meades
- Those Wild Wyndhams, by Claudia Renton
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Role Contributor Presenter John Wilson Interviewed Guest Peter Jackson Interviewed Guest Philippa Boyens Interviewed Guest Philip Pullman Interviewed Guest Kathryn Hughes Producer Jerome Weatherald Broadcast
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