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David Beckham; Graham Nash; Dracula

David Beckham on being a photographic muse; singer-songwriter Graham Nash on his memoirs; Queen's Brian May on a Victorian 3D craze; a review of Jonathan Rhys Meyers' TV Dracula.

With John Wilson.

David Beckham talks about being a photographic muse - and of what's it's been like, living his life in front of a camera-lens.

Singer-songwriter Graham Nash found fame with The Hollies and then with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. He's just published his memoirs and reflects on his upbringing in Salford and how his childhood was affected by his father's prison sentence. He also describes the unique harmonies created through his friendship with David Crosby and Stephen Stills - and his thorny relationship with Neil Young.

Guitarist Brian May, founder member of Queen, also has a life-long passion for Diableries, 19th century French cards with 3D views of the underworld printed on them. He and fellow-enthusiast Denis Pellerin explain how these gothic images became hugely popular, and how Brian developed a modern day stereoscope in order to view them.

A new dramatisation of Dracula arrives on TV for Halloween, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers. This version sees the count posing as an American industrialist who arrives in England claiming he wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. In reality, he hopes to wreak revenge on the people who ruined his life, centuries earlier. Antonia Quirke reviews.

Producer Rebecca Nicholson.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • David Beckham

    Duration: 07:15

  • Graham Nash

    Duration: 09:16

  • Dracula

    Duration: 04:43

  • Diableries

    Duration: 06:25

David Beckham

In David Beckham, written by David Beckham, he talks us through 150 of his favourite images which define his playing days. The book is out now published by Headline.

Dracula

The 10-part TV series Dracula starts tonight on Sky Living HD at 9pm.

Graham Nash

Wild Tales: A Rock-And-Roll Memoir by Graham Nash is out now published by Viking.

Diableries: Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell

Diableries: Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell - co-authored by Brian May, Denis Pellerin and Paula Richardson Fleming - is out now published by The London Stereoscopic Company.

Gallery: Diableries - Sterescopic Adventures in Hell

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterJohn Wilson
Interviewed GuestDavid Beckham
Interviewed GuestGraham Nash
Interviewed GuestBrian May
Interviewed GuestDenis Pellerin
ProducerRebecca Nicholson

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  • Thu 31 Oct 201319:15

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