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Michael Flatley, Suite Francaise, Terry Pratchett Remembered, Wellington at the National Portrait Gallery

Michael Flatley on preparing to stop dancing, a review of Suite Francaise, Terry Pratchett remembered and Wellington at the National Portrait Gallery. With Kirsty Lang.

Michael Flatley, the American-born Irish dancer, choreographer and musician behind the phenomenon of Riverdance, is about to return to the stage for his farewell tour of Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games. Flatley looks back over his career, and what it feels like to be about to hang up his dancing shoes.

Irène Némirovsky had written just two of a planned five part series of novels about life in Nazi occupied France when she was arrested and detained at Auschwitz, where she went on to die. The manuscript was preserved and published in 2004 as one novel titled Suite Francaise. It became a literary sensation and has now been adapted into a film starring Michelle Williams and Kristin Scott Thomas. Sarah Crompton reviews.

To mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, the National Portrait Gallery is hosting Wellington: Triumphs, Politics and Passions, exploring the life and career of the Duke of Wellington. Historian and Wellington expert Andrew Roberts discusses the exhibits on show.

We pay tribute to Terry Pratchett, author of the Discworld series, who has died aged 66.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Ellie Bury.

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Chapters

  • Suite Francaise

    Duration: 04:31

  • Terry Pratchett

    Duration: 07:49

  • Michael Flatley

    Duration: 09:54

  • Wellington

    Duration: 05:23

Suite Francaise

Suite Francaise

is in cinemas from Friday 13 March, certificate 15.


Michael Flatley

Michael Flatley

is at London’s Dominion Theatre until September 5th

The show will also go on tour from 2 April 2nd until 4th of July.


Wellington

Wellington

is showing at the National Portrait Gallery in London until 7 June 2015.


Image: The Duke of Wellington showing the Prince Regent (later George IV) the battlefield of Waterloo by Benjamin Robert. Haydon c. 1844, Wellington Collection, Stratfield Saye House Β© Stratfield Saye Preservation Trust

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Presenter Kirsty Lang
Producer Ellie Bury
Interviewed Guest Michael Flatley
Interviewed Guest Sarah Crompton
Interviewed Guest Andrew Roberts

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