Leonardo DiCaprio, The Rack Pack, Elizabeth
Leonardo DiCaprio talks to Kirsty Lang about The Revenant, and choreographer Will Tucket and playwright Alasdair Middleton discusses dance drama Elizabeth.
Leonardo DiCaprio, star of The Revenant which has recently been nominated for 12 Oscars, talks to Kirsty about the film's arduous production.
TV drama The Rack Pack tells the story of Britain's obsession with snooker in the mid-1980s and the rivalry between Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins and Steve Davis. Sports writer Alyson Rudd and film critic Andrew Collins review.
Author and contributing editor of The Bookseller, Cathy Rentzenbrink, considers the value of literary festivals to authors, following Philip Pullman's resignation as patron of the Oxford literary festival over its refusal to pay the writers who appear there.
Choreographer Will Tuckett and the playwright and librettist Alasdair Middleton discuss Elizabeth - a work of dance, music and theatre, exploring the life and loves of Queen Elizabeth I, and starring Zenaida Yanowsky and Carlos Acosta.
Presented by Kirsty Lang
Produced by Ella-mai Robey.
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Leonardo DiCaprio on The Revenant
Duration: 09:56
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Leonardo DiCaprio
Duration: 11:22
The Rack Pack
Duration: 06:49
Literary festivals
Duration: 03:14
Elizabeth
Duration: 06:16
The Revenant
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The Revenant is in cinemas now, certificate 15.
The Rack Pack
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The Rack Pack will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer from Sunday at 9pm.
Elizabeth
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Elizabeth is at the Linbury Studio Theatre in London until Sunday 17 January.
Image: Zenaida Yanowsky and Carlos Acosta in Elizabeth ©ROH, 2016. Photographed by Andrej Uspenski.
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Role Contributor Presenter Kirsty Lang Interviewed Guest Leonardo DiCaprio Interviewed Guest Alyson Rudd Interviewed Guest Andrew Collins Interviewed Guest Cathy Rentzenbrink Interviewed Guest Will Tuckett Interviewed Guest Alasdair Middleton Producer Ella-mai Robey Broadcast
- Fri 15 Jan 201619:15BBC Radio 4
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