Francis Bacon, Ayad Akhtar, Cannes Film Festival, Mum
Francis Bacon: Invisible Rooms at Tate Liverpool, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar, a report from the Cannes film festival, and new TV comedy series Mum.
Francis Bacon: Invisible Rooms at Tate Liverpool is the largest exhibition of the artist's work ever staged in the north of England, featuring more than 30 paintings and a group of rarely-seen drawings and documents. Kasia Redzisz, senior curator at the gallery, shows John Wilson round the exhibition.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Pakistani American actor, screenwriter, novelist and playwright Ayad Akhtar discusses his play The Invisible Hand. Kidnapped by an Islamic militant group in Pakistan, with no-one negotiating his release, an investment banker takes matters into his own hands.
Mum is a new Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TV sitcom starring Lesley Manville and Peter Mullan about a mother who is trying to re-build her life following the death of her husband. David Butcher reviews.
Jason Solomons reports from the Cannes Film Festival as it reaches the end of its first week.
Presenter John Wilson
Producer Jerome Weatherald.
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Frances Bacon: Invisible Rooms
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Ayad Akhtar
Mum
The 2016 Cannes Film Festival
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | John Wilson |
| Interviewed Guest | Kasia Redzisz |
| Interviewed Guest | David Butcher |
| Interviewed Guest | Jason Solomons |
| Producer | Jerome Weatherald |
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- Fri 13 May 2016 19:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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