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Tom Hiddleston, The Program, The Lobster, Beasts of No Nation, Virtual Reality

Francine Stock talks to Tom Hiddleston about his upcoming films, Ben Foster discusses Lance Armstrong, and Yorgos Lanthimos talks about his satire The Lobster.

With Francine Stock

We can see Tom Hiddleston in three movies over the next few months; he explains why his films are like London buses.

Actor Ben Foster mounts a defence of Lance Armstrong, the disgraced cyclist he plays in Stephen Frears' new drama The Program.

Yorgos Lanthimos discusses the reasons that his characters are transformed into animals if they don't find a a mate in his satire The Lobster.

Chris Milk reveals the future of virtual reality and why it will supersede the medium of cinema.

Cary Fukunaga discusses the use of child actors to play child soldiers in his harrowing war movie Beasts Of No Nation

Producer Catherine Bray remembers the time when she thought her hair might actually be space worms, after watching a horror movie at the tender age of ten.

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Our emotional responses to horror movies

Our emotional responses to horror movies
If a film has ever prompted an irrational fear in you, or even some unexpected, embarrassing visceral reaction, then let us know by e-mailing thefilmprogramme@bbc.co.uk or tweet Francine @francinefilm

And on 18 October a new horror movie called Fear Itself will be released exclusively on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ iPlayer.

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