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Mira Nair and Lupita Nyong'o, Divorce, Great Exhibition of the North, Janet Plater, The Vulgar

Director Mira Nair and Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong'o discuss Queen of Katwe, a film about an African chess prodigy. Stephen Armstrong reviews Sarah Jessica Parker's sitcom Divorce.

Director Mira Nair and Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o discuss their new film Queen of Katwe, which is based on the true story of Ugandan chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi.

Newcastle Gateshead has beaten Sheffield, Blackpool and Bradford and been selected by the government to host a Β£5m Great Exhibition of the North in 2018. Carol Bell, Culture & Major Events Director, Newcastle Gateshead Initiative, talks about their plans for the major exhibition, which will showcase art, design and innovation from the north of England.

12 years after the last episode of Sex and the City, Sarah Jessica Parker is back on the small screen in Divorce, a comedy drama about the end of a marriage written by Catastrophe's Sharon Horgan. Stephen Armstrong reviews.

In 1974 the Gaul trawler set off from Hull never to return, disappearing off the northern coast of Norway with all hands lost. Playwright Janet Plater talks about her new drama The Gaul at Hull Truck Theatre, which charts the experience of the wives and relatives left behind.

Shahidha Bari reviews The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined, a new exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery in London which explores the aesthetics of taste through the prism of fashion.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Rachel Simpson.

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  • Mira Nair and Lupita Nyong'o

    Duration: 08:20

  • Stephen Armstrong

    Duration: 04:33

  • Janet Plater

    Duration: 06:40

  • Shahida Bari

    Duration: 04:50

Mira Nair and Lupita Nyong'o

Mira Nair and Lupita Nyong'o
The Queen of Katwe is in cinemas from Friday 21 October, certificate PG.

Great Exhibition of the North

Divorce

Divorce
Divorce begins tonight at 9pm on Sky Atlantic.

The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined.

The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined.

The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined opens at on 13 October and runs until 5 February 2017.Β 

Cheap Thrills: Trash Movies and the Art of Transgression runs at the BarbicanΒ from 28 October to 6 November 2016.

Image credit: Ronald Stoops

Janet Plater

Janet Plater
The Gaul written by Janet Plater is playing at until 29 October.

Credits

Presenter Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest Mira Nair
Interviewed Guest Lupita Nyong'o
Interviewed Guest Carol Bell
Interviewed Guest Stephen Armstrong
Interviewed Guest Janet Plater
Interviewed Guest Shahidha Bari
Producer Rachel Simpson

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  • Tue 11 Oct 2016 19:15
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