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Brendan Gleeson; Let the Right One In; Baileys Prize shortlist; Georgians at Buckingham Palace

Arts show with Kirsty Lang. Actor Brendan Gleeson on Calvary; Jack Thorne and John Ajvide Lindqvist on Let the Right One In; and the Baileys Prize for Fiction shortlist announced.

Kirsty Lang talks to Emmy Award-winning actor Brendan Gleeson about his role in new film Calvary; as it opens at London's Apollo theatre, writers Jack Thorne and John Ajvide Lindqvist discuss adapting vampire tale Let the Right One In for the stage; Mary Beard reveals the six shortlisted authors for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures, Desmond Shawe-Taylor, discusses the new exhibition The First Georgians: Art & Monarchy 1714-1760, at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace.

Producer: Ellie Bury.

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Mon 7 Apr 201419:15
BBC Radio 4

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  • Brendan Gleeson

    Duration: 09:26

  • The First Georgians

    Duration: 06:16

  • The 2014 Bailys Woman's Prize for Fiction

    Duration: 03:16

  • Let the Right In

    Duration: 08:53

The First Georgians: Art & Monarchy 1714-1760

Desmond Shawe-Taylor, discusses the new exhibition The First Georgians: Art & Monarchy 1714-1760, at The Queen's Gallery.

Brendan Gleeson

Kirsty Lang talks to Emmy Award-winning actor Brendan Gleeson about his role in new film Calvary.

Let the Right One In

As it opens at London's Apollo theatre, writers Jack Thorne and John Ajvide Lindqvist discuss adapting vampire tale Let the Right One In for the stage.

Baileys Woman's Prize for Fiction 2014

Professor Mary Beard reveals the six shortlisted authors for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2014.

Credits

PresenterKirsty Lang
Interviewed GuestBrendan Gleeson
Interviewed GuestJack Thorne
Interviewed GuestJohn Ajvide Lindqvist
Interviewed GuestMary Beard
Interviewed GuestDesmond Shawe-Taylor
ProducerEllie Bury

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  • Mon 7 Apr 201419:15
    BBC Radio 4

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