Sgt. Pepper at 50; Jimmy McGovern; RIBA North
Sgt. Pepper at 50: Heading For Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ arts festival; Jimmy McGovern on his new drama about a maverick priest; RIBA North, the new national architectural centre in Liverpool.
For the bank holiday, Samira is in Liverpool for the art premieres celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of the album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. She meets Sean Doran, the co-artistic director of the Sgt. Pepper at 50: Heading for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ arts festival, as he transforms the city into a turntable for the album by commissioning 13 world premieres - one for for each track.
Samira also meets two of the artists commissioned to come up with their interpretation of these classic Beatles songs: singer and performance artist Meow Meow has taken on Lovely Rita and is creating a street procession and a sound installation; and dramatist Keith Saha has written a new play inspired by the themes of She's Leaving Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, which will be performed in private homes in Toxteth.
Distinguished television writer Jimmy McGovern has written a new drama for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One, Broken, which looks at the life of a priest, Father Michael Kerrigan, played by Sean Bean, as he struggles to minister to a poor community. Jimmy takes Samira to St Francis Xavier church in Liverpool where much of the new television drama was filmed, and which has long inspired him.
And RIBA North is the new national architectural centre in Liverpool. As it finally prepares to open, Samira pays a visit to the new building on the city's waterfront which itself has been the subject of controversy, and arrives in Liverpool at a time when the city's architectural plans have led to it being placed on UNESCO's World Heritage in Danger list.
Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Ekene Akalawu.
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Sean Doran
Duration: 04:58
Meow Meow
Duration: 02:52
Keith Saha
Duration: 05:48
Jimmy McGovern
Duration: 07:33
RIBA North
Duration: 07:07
Sgt Pepper at 50
is on in Liverpool until 16 JuneΒ
Photo credit: The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Vinyl Album inset
Main image shows Samira Ahmed and Jimmy McGovernMeow Meow
Singer and performance artist Meow Meow
Photo credit: Karl GiantΒ
down Hope Street, LiverpoolShe's Leaving Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ
Keith Saha's play will be performed in private homes in Toxteth from Thurs 1 June  – Weds 14 June
Photo credit: Brodie Arthur in She's Leaving Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ by 20 Stories High
Sean Doran
Sean Doran the co-artistic director of the
arts festivalJimmy McGovern
Photo credit: Anna Friel in Broken
Broken begins on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One onΒ 30 May at 9 pmRIBA North
opens on 17 June
Photo credit: Edmund SumnerCredits
Role Contributor Presenter Samira Ahmed Interviewed Guest Sean Doran Interviewed Guest Meow Meow Interviewed Guest Keith Saha Interviewed Guest Jimmy McGovern Interviewed Guest Suzy Jones Interviewed Guest Joseph Sharples Producer Ekene Akalawu Broadcast
- Mon 29 May 2017 19:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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