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Rosamund Pike & David Oyelowo on A United Kingdom, Van Gogh controversy, Cape Town City Ballet

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David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike discuss A United Kingdom, a new film which tells the true story of Seretse Khama, the future King of Bechuanaland, and Ruth Williams, a clerk from South London. When they married in 1948 they not only faced fierce opposition from both of their families but from the British and South African governments.

It had been claimed that the lost sketchbook from Van Gogh's time in Arles, France, has been discovered. However, in a statement released this afternoon, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has said they are of the opinion that these sketches 'could not be attributed to Vincent van Gogh'. We talk to the museum and the expert behind the 'discovery'.

Cape Town City Ballet, the oldest ballet company in South Africa, has been resident at Cape Town University for eight decades. It's now caught in the long-running student protests for decolonisation of the curriculum. With the university deciding not to renew the company's lease, Gerard Samuel, Director of the School of Dance at Cape Town University and a Cape Town City Ballet board member, discusses the troupe's uncertain future.

And 60 years after Ray Charles made his eponymous album, the music critic Kevin Le Gendre re-evaluates the moment that an artist who played rhythm & blues, the music from which rock & roll was born, was about to change the music world.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Ella-mai Robey.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Van Gogh controversy

    Duration: 10:54

  • Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo on a United Kingdom

    Duration: 08:16

  • Cape Town City Ballet

    Duration: 04:05

  • Ray Charles

    Duration: 04:12

A United Kingdom

A United Kingdom
Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo in A United Kingdom
A United Kingdom is on general release from 25 November

Vincent van Gogh: The Lost Arles Sketchbook

Vincent van Gogh: The Lost Arles Sketchbook
Vincent van Gogh: The Lost Arles Sketchbook is published tomorrow

Ray Charles - 60th Anniversary of his eponymous debut album

Ray Charles - 60th Anniversary of his eponymous debut album
Ray Charles
Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years in Mono - a box set of 7 vinyl albums - is available now

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Role Contributor
Interviewed Guest David Oyelowo
Interviewed Guest Rosamund Pike
Interviewed Guest Gerard Samuel
Interviewed Guest Kevin Le Gendre
Presenter Samira Ahmed
Producer Ella-mai Robey

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  • Tue 15 Nov 2016 19:15

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