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The Jungle Book, Lindsey Davis, Wellington Arch Sculpture, Romola Garai, Goosebumps Alive

Arts news with Samira Ahmed, including a review of The Jungle Book, Lindsey Davis and her editor on working together and the restoration of the Wellington Arch sculpture.

The 1967 classic Disney animation, The Jungle Book, has undergone CGI treatment in a new live-action version of the Rudyard Kipling tale. Film critic Jason Solomons reviews.

Lindsey Davis is best known for her widely-acclaimed detective novels set in the first-century AD Roman World. As she publishes her 30th book, The Graveyard of the Hesperides, Lindsey and her editor Oliver Johnston discuss working together on all her books since 1989.

Quadriga, the bronze sculpture on top of Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner in London, is being cleaned, repaired and re-waxed. To find out more, Samira climbed to the top and stood alongside the work with historian Steven Brindle and conservator Katrina Redmond.

As part of our Shakespeare's People series, Romola Garai chooses the nun Isabella from Measure for Measure, faced with a terrible choice.

RL Stine's series of horror stories, Goosebumps, have been brought to life as the immersive theatre experience Goosebumps Alive. Director Tom Salamon discusses adapting the children's books for an adult audience.

Presenter Samira Ahmed
Producer Ella-mai Robey.

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  • The Jungle Book

    Duration: 13:11

  • Lindsey Davis and Oliver Johnston

    Duration: 08:08

  • The Wellington Arch

    Duration: 05:14

  • Shakespeare's People: Romola Garai

    Duration: 03:43

  • Goosebumps Alive

    Duration: 05:26

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book is in cinemas from Friday 15 April, certificate PG.

Lindsey Davis

Lindsey Davis

The Graveyard of the Hesperides by Lindsey Davis is published by Hodder.

Main image: Mark Harrison

The restoration of The Wellington Arch

The restoration of The Wellington Arch

Shakespeare's People: Romola Garai

Shakespeare's People: Romola Garai

Goosebumps

Goosebumps

Goosebumps Alive is running at theΒ 

Main image: Alice Pepperell

Credits

Presenter Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest Jason Solomons
Interviewed Guest Lindsey Davis
Interviewed Guest Oliver Johnston
Interviewed Guest Steven Brindle
Interviewed Guest Katrina Redmond
Interviewed Guest Romola Garai
Interviewed Guest Tom Salamon
Producer Ella-mai Robey

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  • Tue 12 Apr 2016 19:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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