Claire Foy, Bryan Hymel, Film Heritage
Claire Foy on the line between fact and fiction as she plays the Queen. Top C tenor Bryan Hymel sings. And how we can pass our film heritage on to a generation bemused by choice.
Actress Claire Foy talks about returning to play Queen Elizabeth II in series two of Netflix's hugely successful TV series The Crown.
Tenor Bryan Hymel, famous for his high Cs, is in performing in both Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci in the same evening at the Royal Opera House, Covemnt Gardens. He talks about the challenges of this, and he sings live in the Front Row studio.
As Powell and Pressburger's 1946 masterpiece film A Matter of Life and Death returns to the big screen round the UK, we ask film writers Ian Christie and Rosemary Fletcher : How do we pass on our film heritage to a new generation ?
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Claire Foy
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Film Heritage
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The Crown Series 2 is now available on Netflix
Main image: Claire Foy in The Crown
Photo credit:Β Robert Viglasky / NetflixΒBryan Hymel
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Bryan Hymel and Elina Garanca
Photo Credit: Catherine Ashmore
Cavalleria is on at until 13 JanForgotten Classics
Rosemary Fletcher has chosen The Gay Divorcee starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Ian Christie has chosen The House on Trubnaya and The Girl with a Hatbox Comedies by the Russian director Boris BarnetCredits
Role Contributor Presenter Kirsty Lang Interviewed Guest Claire Foy Interviewed Guest Bryan Hymel Interviewed Guest Ian Christie Interviewed Guest Rosie Fletcher Performer Bryan Hymel Producer Julian May Broadcast
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