Andrew Scott and Robert Icke, Whitney Houston documentary, Amanda Craig
Andrew Scott plays Hamlet directed by Robert Icke, we review Whitney: Can I Be Me, about the life of Whitney Houston and author Amanda Craig on her new novel The Lie of the Land.
Andrew Scott is best known for playing Moriarty to Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock. But Scott also has a reputation as an intense stage actor. Now he is taking on the most famous stage role of all - Hamlet. Kirsty Lang talks to him and director Robert Icke, who is famous for shedding new light on classic plays.
Amanda Craig discusses her latest novel The Lie of the Land - a suspenseful, 'state of the nation' black comedy that highlights the growing disconnect between life in London and the rest of the country.
Whitney : Can I Be Me is the new documentary by Nick Broomfield about the life and death of Whitney Houston. Jacqueline Springer reviews the film that Houston's estate tried to stop from being made.
It's 50 years since the Monterey Pop Festival in California which is remembered for the first major American appearances by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Who and Ravi Shankar, as well as the first major performance by Janis Joplin and the introduction of Otis Redding. Music producer Joe Boyd marks the anniversary and assesses the festival's legacy.
Presenter : Kirsty Lang
Producer : Dymphna Flynn.
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Andrew Scott and Robert Icke
Duration: 08:38
Whitney Houston documentary
Duration: 04:48
Festival discussion
Duration: 05:30
Amanda Craig
Duration: 08:21
Andrew Scott and Robert Icke
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Hamlet, starring Andrew Scott and directed by Robert Icke , is at the , London until 02 September 2017.
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Main image above: Andrew Scott as Hamlet
Image to the left: From Left - Angus Wright (Claudius); Andrew Scott (Hamlet), Juliet Stevenson (Gertrude).
Hamlet images credit: Manuel Harlan
Whitney Houston documentary
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Nick Broomfield's documentaryΜύΜύ is inΜύUK cinemas from 16 June 2017, certificate 15.
Image: Whitney Houston
Image credit: David Corio
Amanda Craig
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book, The Lie of the Land, is published on 15 June 2017 in hardback andΜύpaperback, and as an ebook.
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Image: Amanda Craig
Image credit: Marzena Pogorzaly
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Role Contributor Interviewed Guest Andrew Scott Interviewed Guest Robert Icke Interviewed Guest Amanda Craig Interviewed Guest Jacqueline Springer Interviewed Guest Joe Boyd Presenter Kirsty Lang Producer Dymphna Flynn Broadcast
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