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Jane Horrocks, High-Rise, Russia and the Arts, Remembering Sylvia Anderson

In her new show Jane Horrocks re-interprets hits from the northern male artists of the 70s and 80s. Plus remembering the co-creator of Thunderbirds and a review of High-Rise.

In If You Kiss Me, Kiss Me, opening at the Young Vic, Jane Horrocks and a band of musicians and dancers reinterpret a selection of hits from some of the Northern male artists of the 1970s and 80s. Jane and her director, Aletta Collins, talk about how they put the show together.

High-Rise is a dystopian thriller based on JG Ballard's 1975 novel, starring Tom Hiddleston and Jeremy Irons. Mark Eccleston reviews.

'Russia and the Arts: The Age of Tolstoy and Tchaikovsky' explores how Russian portraiture enjoyed a golden age between the late 1860s and the First World War. While Tolstoy was publishing Anna Karenina and Tchaikovsky was taking Russian music to new heights, Russian art was developing a new self-confidence. Curator Dr Rosalind Blakesley shows us round this new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery.

Sylvia Anderson, the co-creator of Thunderbirds, has died aged 88. She invented the show with her late husband back in the Sixties and also voiced the character of Lady Penelope. Mary Turner, who created the puppets, and David Graham, the voice of Parker, remember the puppeteer and television producer who worked in the industry for more than fifty years.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Angie Nehring.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Jane Horrocks

    Duration: 08:45

  • High-Rise

    Duration: 05:26

  • Russia and the Arts

    Duration: 07:12

  • Remembering Sylvia Anderson

    Duration: 06:09

Jane Horrocks

Jane Horrocks

is playing at The Young Vic, London until 16 April

Main Image and left: The cast on stage

Image credit: Johan Persson

High-Rise

High-Rise
is in cinemas from 18 March, Certificate 15

Russia and the Arts

Russia and the Arts

is at The National Portrait Gallery until 26 June

Image: Anna Akhmatova by Olga Della-Vos-Kardovskaia, 1914

Credit: State Tretyakov Gallery

Remembering Sylvia Anderson

Remembering Sylvia Anderson
Front Row pays tribute to the late co-creator of Thunderbirds

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest Jane Horrocks
Interviewed Guest Aletta Collins
Interviewed Guest Mark Eccleston
Interviewed Guest Rosalind Blakesley
Interviewed Guest Mary Turner
Interviewed Guest David Graham
Producer Angie Nehring

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  • Wed 16 Mar 2016 19:15

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