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Andrew Davies: 'Les Misérables needs a champion'
The screenwriter reveals Victor Hugo's classic will be his next television adaptation.
  1. Andrew Davies: 'Les Misérables needs a champion'
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    Andrew Davies: 'Les Misérables needs a champion'
  2. On the girl in red
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    On the girl in red
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  3. On Steven Spielberg
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    On Steven Spielberg
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  4. On Oskar Schindler
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  5. Why was Shakespeare enchanted by the supernatural?
    02:39
    Why was Shakespeare enchanted by the supernatural?
  6. Michael Morpurgo sings The Old Barbed Wire
    03:52
    Michael Morpurgo sings The Old Barbed Wire
  7. Susan Calman on how Victoria Wood inspired her to become a comedian
    02:22
    Susan Calman on how Victoria Wood inspired her to become a comedian
  8. Chris Hoy and Joanna Nadin on the opening of Flying Fergus
    02:00
    Chris Hoy and Joanna Nadin on the opening of Flying Fergus
  9. Ruby Wax on the most flattering thing you can do for another person
    02:12
    Ruby Wax on the most flattering thing you can do for another person
  10. Edna O'Brien on The Mothers of Srebrenica
    02:16
    Edna O'Brien on The Mothers of Srebrenica
  11. Billy Bragg: 'Cynicism is the real enemy of all of us who want to make the world a better place'
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    Billy Bragg: 'Cynicism is the real enemy of all of us who want to make the world a better place'
  12. Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on how the character Hamlet surprised them
    03:41
    Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on how the character Hamlet surprised them
  13. Imtiaz Dharkar's The Trick
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    Imtiaz Dharkar's The Trick
  14. Russell T Davies admits to a surprise collaboration on the A Midsummer Night's Dream script
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    Russell T Davies admits to a surprise collaboration on the A Midsummer Night's Dream script
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