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Richard Eyre on his film Allelujah, and climate change TV drama Extrapolations reviewed

Richard Eyre on his film Allelujah; new climate emergency drama Extrapolations; Royal Academy show, Souls Grown Deep like the Rivers - Black Artists from the American South.

Richard Eyre on directing the screen version of Alan Bennett’s play Allelujah, starring Jennifer Saunders, set on the geriatric ward of a fictional Yorkshire hospital, the Bethlehem, and on raising questions about how society cares for its older population.

We review the star-studded Apple TV+ climate change series Extrapolations, and a new exhibition at the Royal Academy in London, Souls Grown Deep like the Rivers - Black Artists from the American South. Our reviewers are writer and comic artist Woodrow Phoenix - and YA author, script editor and founder of the international Climate Fiction Writers League, Lauren James.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Sarah Johnson

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  • Thu 16 Mar 2023 19:15

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