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Urban myths, Author Michael Chabon, The Snow Maiden opera, Presidents on film

Urban myths of true-ish celeb stories retold as TV drama; Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon on new book Moonglow; Opera North's The Snow Maiden; and presidents on film.

Urban Myths, the new Sky Arts drama series, re-imagines 'True-ish stories', starting with Bob Dylan's infamous visit to Euythmic's star Dave Stewart's Crouch End flat. Julia Raeside reviews the series which has achieved notoriety by casting white actor Joseph Fiennes to play Michael Jackson in an episode which has subsequently been dropped.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon discusses his latest novel Moonglow, in which a dying grandfather tells the secrets of his life to his grandson. His stories are in turn bawdy and moving, violent and very funny. The novel has just been nominated for the National Book Critics Circle awards in the US.

Rimsky-Korsakov's opera, The Snow Maiden hasn't been staged in the UK for 60 years, but director John Fulljames is about to put that right. He's taking Opera North's new production of the Russian folk-tale inspired work on tour to Newcastle, Salford, Belfast, and Nottingham.

Ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration tomorrow as the 45th President of the United States, film writer Adam Smith looks back at cinema's depiction of the Commander in Chief, from Peter Sellers in Dr Strangelove to Alan Rickman as Reagan and Daniel Day Lewis as Abraham Lincoln.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Urban Myths

    Duration: 04:13

  • Michael Chabon

    Duration: 07:56

  • London Live

    Duration: 03:44

  • US Presidents column

    Duration: 04:07

  • Snow Maiden

    Duration: 06:26

Urban Myths

Urban Myths
Eddie Marsan as Bob Dylan inΒ Urban Myths,
Bob Dylan Knockin' On Dave's Door
Photo credit: Β© Sky Arts/ Happy Tramp Productions

Urban Myths begins on Sky Arts on 19 Jan
Main image credit:Sky Arts/Happy Tramp Productions

Michael Chabon

Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon

Michael Chabon's book Moonglow is out now

The Snow Maiden

The Snow Maiden
Aoife Miskelly as The Snow Maiden
Photo credit: Hugo Glenndinning

production of The Snow Maiden is on tour
21 Jan - 24 March

Credits

Role Contributor
Interviewed Guest Julia Raeside
Interviewed Guest Michael Chabon
Interviewed Guest John Fulljames
Interviewed Guest Adam Smith

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  • Thu 19 Jan 2017 19:15

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