Sir Lenny Henry, Alan Cumming in Instinct, Divine inspiration in the arts
Sir Lenny Henry looks back at his career on the occasion of his 60th birthday, Alan Cumming in TV cop show Instinct, and divine inspiration in the arts.
This year Sir Lenny Henry marks his 60th birthday with a special television programme with Sir Trevor McDonald. As well as performing some new sketches, he talks about bunking off school to appear in the TV talent show New Faces and how he fell in love with Shakespeare. He joins Stig to discuss a career that has spanned over four decades.
In the US TV drama series Instinct, Alan Cumming stars as Dr Dylan Reinhart, writer, academic and former CIA operative, drawn into a murder investigation when a serial killer copies one of his books. We review the show, which is based on the novel Murder Games by James Patterson, claiming the first gay male lead in a police procedural television show.
For centuries in the western world, religion was the great driving force for artists, musicians and writers. Janina Ramirez, Laura-Jane Foley and A N Wilson discuss the nature of divine inspiration and whether it still holds sway in an increasingly secular society.
Presenter Stig Abell
Producer Harry Parker.
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Divine inspiration in art
Duration: 11:42
Lenny Henry
The Lenny Henry Birthday Show is on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One atΒ 8 pm on
Wed 22 Aug
Main image: Lenny Henry
Inspire: Divine
Instinct
Bojana NovakovicΒ
Photo credit: CBS
Instinct is onΒ Sky Witness on Thursdays at 9 pm
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Stig Abell |
| Interviewed Guest | Lenny Henry |
| Interviewed Guest | Janina Ramirez |
| Interviewed Guest | Laura-Jane Foley |
| Interviewed Guest | AN Wilson |
| Producer | Harry Parker |
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- Mon 20 Aug 2018 19:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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