23/10/2016
Sally Magnusson talks to director Ken Loach about his latest film, I, Daniel Blake, and finds out why he still makes films about inequality.
Sally Magnusson speaks to revered film maker Ken Loach about his latest film I, Daniel Blake, and finds out why he's still making films about inequality, 50 years after his homelessness drama, Cathy Come Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.
"Simeon's Watch", a new play presented by Riding Lights Theatre Company, explores how three generations of one family cope with the joys and struggles of growing older and caring for a loved one with dementia. Playwright Bridget Foreman talks about the themes she wanted to bring out in the script.
In the last few years reliance on Food Banks has grown rapidly. But the other thing that's grown is food waste. What kind of sense does it make in a country where people are hungry, to throw away millions of tonnes of food and drink each year? Irina Martin, a community food worker, from the Woodlands Community Garden in Glasgow and the Reverend Sarah Brown, Minister of Castlemilk Parish Church discuss some imaginative community responses to food poverty and waste.
A new TV drama series which begins on Thursday is already starting to cause a stir. It tells the story of the first Pope from the United States and stars Jude Law as the young Pius XIII. Will it shock or amuse and what kind of debate might it spark inside and outside of the Vatican? Ronnie Convery, communications director of the Archdiocese of Glasgow shares his thoughts.
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Films reviews I, Daniel Blake
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Ken Loach Interview
Duration: 31:04
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- Sun 23 Oct 2016 10:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland