Spooks, Meklit, Christopher Hope, The Spalding Suite
Spooks moving to the big screen, singer-songwriter Meklit Hadero, basketball drama in The Spalding Suite, artist Katrina Palmer and novelist Christopher Hope. With Kirsty Lang.
Spooks: The Greater Good brings the popular TV spy thriller series which ended in 2011 to the big screen with Kit Harington and Peter Firth. Will the move work? Antonia Quirke reviews.
Ethiopian American singer songwriter Meklit Hadero tells Kirsty about her second album We Are Alive and explains how it was influenced by a project to bring the nations of the Nile Basin together through music.
The theatre director Benji Reid, and the writer and poet Inua Ellams, discuss their new show, The Spalding Suite. Set in the world of British basketball, it uses live beatboxing, hip-hop, movement, and poetry.
The South African novelist Christopher Hope on his latest book, Jimfish, which - inspired by Voltaire's Candide - tells the story of an unusual young man's encounters with some of the most notorious tyrants of the 20th century.
And a piece of audio art will be broadcast tonight on Radio 4. The piece, The Quarryman's Daughters, was commissioned from artist Katrina Palmer by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and Artangel. She discusses the differences between creating art for a gallery and for radio.
Presenter: Sarah Johnson
Producer: Kirsty Lang.
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Spooks: The Greater Good
Spooks moves to the big screen. Antonia Quirke reviews.
Spooks: The Greater Good is released on Friday 8 May. Certificate 12A.
Meklit Hadero
Ethiopian American singer songwriter Meklit Hadero tells Kirsty about her second album We Are Alive.
Tour dates:
LONDON – SOUTHBANK CENTRE
Thursday 7th May
NORWICH – NORFOLK & NORWICH FESTIVAL
Sunday 10th May
MANCHESTER – BAND ON THE WALL
Monday 11th - Friday 15th May
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The Spalding Suite
Basketball drama in .
The Spalding Suite tours the UK until 6 June.
Katrina Palmer
Audio artist Katrina Palmer on her piece .
The Quarryman's Daughter is broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 on Tuesday 5 May at 11.00pm.
Christopher Hope
South African novelist Christopher Hope on his latest book, Jimfish.Credits
Role Contributor Presenter Kirsty Lang Producer Sarah Johnson Interviewed Guest Antonia Quirke Interviewed Guest Meklit Hadero Interviewed Guest Benji Reid Interviewed Guest Inua Ellams Interviewed Guest Christopher Hope Interviewed Guest Katrina Palmer Broadcast
- Tue 5 May 2015 19:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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