Kate Winslet; The Trip to Italy; Timur Vermes; Lord of the Flies
Kate Winslet on playing an arch villain in new film Divergent; author Timur Vermes about his satire featuring with Hitler as a stand-up; Lord of the Flies as a dance production.
On Front Row tonight Kirsty Lang talks to Kate Winslet about her new film Divergent - aimed at young adults she plays an arch villain in a dystopian future and she explains why making the film made her feel old; and Kirsty meets German author Timur Vermes who's written a best-selling satire depicting Hitler as a present day celebrity after awakening from a 66-year sleep in 2011.
There's a review of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's new tv series The Trip to Italy and we go backstage at rehearsals for Matthew Bourne's new dance production of Lord of the Flies in Salford.
Plus - as a rail design exhibition opens at the National Railway Museum in York and RIBA shortlists entrants in their aesthetic overhead line structures competition, we consider the design of rail-gantries past and present.
Producer : Dymphna Flynn.
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Kate Winslet
Kirsty Lang talks to Kate Winslet about her new film Divergent
Duration: 07:01
The Trip To Italy
Rosie Swash reviews Steve Coogan's and Rob Brydon's new tv series The Trip to Italy
Duration: 04:33
Timur Vermes
German author Timur Vermes talks about his best-selling satire depicting Hitler
Duration: 06:18
Aesthetic Overhead Line Structures
Hugh Pearman considers the design of rail-gantries past and present
Duration: 03:56
Lord of the Flies
Colin Paterson reports on Matthew Bourne's new dance production of Lord of the Flies
Duration: 05:59
Divergent
Divergent starring Kate Winslet is released in UK cinemas on Friday 4 April, certificate 12A.Lord of the Flies
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Lord of the Flies is on at The Lowry, Salford from Wednesday 2nd until Saturday 5th April 2014. The show then goes on tour around the UK, please see the New Adventures site for details.The Trip To Italy
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The Trip to Italy starts this Friday 4 April 2014 at 22:00 on BBC Two.
Image Credit: Crescenzo Mazza/Revolution Films
Timur Vermes
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Look Who's Back written by Timur Vermes is published by MacLehose Press on Thursday 3 April 2014.
Image Credit: missBehaviour
Aesthetic Overhead Line Structures
To find out more information on the competition for Aesthetic Overhead Line Structures please visit the RIBA competitions site. The Aesthetic Overhead Line Structures exhibition is in the Great Hall at the National Railway Museum in York until Monday 12 May.
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Role Contributor Presenter Kirsty Lang Interviewed Guest Kate Winslet Interviewed Guest Timur Vermes Producer Dymphna Flynn Broadcast
- Wed 2 Apr 201419:15BBC Radio 4
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