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Cat Stevens, Northern Soul, William Morris, Ken Burns

Samira Ahmed talks to Yusuf Islam, aka Cat Stevens, about his new album, Miranda Sawyer reviews Northern Soul, and Fiona MacCarthy on William Morris the National Portrait Gallery.

Yusuf Islam, also known as Cat Stevens, talks to Samira Ahmed about his new album Tell 'Em I'm Gone, his first for five years. Miranda Sawyer reviews a new film Northern Soul, about the music and dance phenomenon from the late '60s and early '70s. William Morris is the focus of a new exhibition Anarchy & Beauty at the National Portrait Gallery. The show's curator Fiona MacCarthy reveals there's a great deal more to him than wallpaper and furniture design. And the multi-award-winning American TV documentary-maker Ken Burns - he of the 'Ken Burns Effect' - looks back over a career in which he has covered The Civil War, the history of Jazz and the Great Depression, and discusses his latest 14-hour series The Roosevelts: an Intimate History.

Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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William Morris

Anarchy & Beauty: William Morris and his Legacy 1860-1960 is showing at the National Portrait Gallery in London from Thursday 16 October 2014 until 11 November 2015


Cat Stevens

Cat Stevens

Tell ‘Em I’m Gone by Cat Stevens is released on Monday 27 October.


Northern Soul

Northern Soul

Northern Soul is in cinemas from Friday 17 October, certificate 15. It will be available on DVD, Blu-ray & Digital HD from Monday 20 October.


Ken Burns

Ken Burns

Ken Burns' The Roosevelts begins on PBS America on Sunday 19 October at 8pm. The DVD of the series is also available to buy.

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterSamira Ahmed
Interviewed GuestYusuf Islam
Interviewed GuestMiranda Sawyer
Interviewed GuestFiona MacCarthy
Interviewed GuestKen Burns
ProducerJerome Weatherald

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  • Wed 15 Oct 201419:15

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