Misbehaviour, On Blueberry Hill, Abi Dare, Warhol, Breeders and Kate+Koji
Misbehaviour starring Kiera Knightley , Sebastian Barry's play On Blueberry Hill, Abi DarΓ© novel, Warhol retrospective at tate Modern, new TV comedies: Breeders and Kate + Koji
Misbehaviour is a new film about the 1970 Miss World pageant which saw the first black Miss World and was also disrupted by the nascent Women's Liberation movement who threw flour bombs at host Bob Hope
Sebastian Barry's play On Blueberry Hill is set in a prison cell where two men's stories of how they got there become intertwined.
Abi DarΓ©'s novel The Girl With The Louding Voice is the tale of Adunni, a fourteen year old Nigerian girl who has to go into domestic service in Lagos but is determined to better herself
A new retrospective of the work and life of Andy Warhol has just opened at Tate Modern in London, including many works never previoulsy exhibtited in the UK before
Two new TV comedies with impeccable pedigrees - ITV's Kate and Koji (written by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin - who wrote Outnumbered) and Breeders (co-produced by Chris Addison and Simon Blackwell) on Sky TV - have just started. Theyre very different.. are they very funny?
Tom Sutcliffe guests are Sara Colllins, Alex Preston and Tiffany Jenkins. The producer is Oliver Jones
Podcast Extra recommendations:
Sara: Toni Mossion: The Pieces I Am + Fons Americanus by Kara Walker at Tate Modern
Alex: The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
Tiffany: Music Clubs - Spin in OXford and House Concerts @42 in Edinburgh
Tom: James Shapiro: Shakespeare In a Divided America
Main image: Abi DarΓ© Β© Alero Marcel
Last on
Misbehaviour
Cert 12A
Image: PathΓ© / 20th Century Fox
The Girl With the Louding Voice
ImageΒ Β© Alero Marcel
On Blueberry Hill
until 1 May 2020
Image: Niall Buggy
Β© Marc Brenner
Breeders
Image:Β Β©Sky UK
Kate and Koji
Image:Β Β© Hat Trick Productions / ITV Plc
Broadcast
- Sat 14 Mar 2020 19:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
Subscribe to the Saturday Review podcast
Sign up to the Saturday Review podcast for the latest and past episodes to download.
Podcast
-
Saturday Review
Sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events, with Tom Sutcliffe and guests