Buster Keaton in Britain, The Wolfpack, Directed by Women festival
Looking at the latest cinema releases, DVDs and films on TV. Including Buster Keaton in Britain, plus The Wolfpack and the Directed by Women festival. With Antonia Quirke.
With Antonia Quirke
Four members of the Angulo family, the subject of award-winning documentary The Wolfpack, reveal what it was like to be locked up in an apartment by their father and why they turned to movies as a form of escape.
As the Directed By Women global festival begins, Catherine Bray and Angie Errigo consider whether it really matters if there are so few female film-makers.
David McLeod fills in some of the details of Buster Keaton's long forgotten tour of British theatres in 1951
The Film Programme takes a spin with stunt driver Jim Dowdall.
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BUSTER KEATON ON TOUR IN BRITAIN
These are his tour dates:
June 18-23 Leicester PalaceÂ
June 35-31 Chiswick Empire
July 2-7 Wood Green EmpireÂ
July 9-14 Manchester HippodromeÂ
July 16-21 Derby HippodromeÂ
July 30-August 4 Leeds EmpireÂ
August 6-11 Glasgow EmpireÂ
August 13-18 Newcastle EmpireÂ
August 20-24 Bradford Alhambra
At the end of the tour the other acts gave Buster Keaton a gift. Â Photograph courtesy of Bob Borgen.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Antonia Quirke |
| Interviewed Guest | Catherine Bray |
| Interviewed Guest | Angie Errigo |
| Interviewed Guest | David McLeod |
| Interviewed Guest | Jim Dowdall |
Broadcast
- Thu 27 Aug 2015 16:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
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