Award Winners of 2016
Man Booker Prize winner Paul Beatty, Turner Prize artist Helen Marten and Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio are among the big award winners of 2016 interviewed in this edition.
We speak to the big award winners from the past year.
Paul Beatty is the first American to win the Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his satirical novel The Sellout; Denise Gough was on the point of giving up acting when she was offered the role that would win her an Olivier; Sonia Friedman, who won Best Producer at the Stage Awards, brought Harry Potter to the stage; Leonardo DiCaprio finally won an Oscar after being nominated 5 times; Helen Marten won not only the inaugural Hepworth Prize for Sculpture but the Turner Prize and split the winnings; 17 year old Sheku Kanneh-Mason won the BBC's Young Musician of the Year playing Shostakovich.
Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Hannah Robins.
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Main picture shows: L - R - Denise Gough, Leonardo DiCaprio, Paul Beatty and Helen Marten
Helen Marten Photo credit: Sadie Coles HQ
Helen Marten
Helen Marten’s work is at Turner Prize show at Tate
Britain until the 2 Jan and at the Hepworth Wakefield until 19
Feb
Main photo credit for Helen Marten: Sadie Coles HQ
Paul Beatty
Paul Beatty Photo credit: Mark Rusher
Main picture shows: L - R Denise Gough, Leonardo DiCaprio, Paul Beatty, Helen Marten
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Kirsty Lang |
| Producer | Hannah Robins |
| Interviewed Guest | Paul Beatty |
| Interviewed Guest | Helen Marten |
| Interviewed Guest | Leonardo DiCaprio |
| Interviewed Guest | Denise Gough |
| Interviewed Guest | Sonia Friedman |
| Interviewed Guest | Sheku Kanneh-Mason |
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- Tue 27 Dec 201619:15BBC Radio 4
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