Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz, Irish Women Writers, Vaseem Khan
Arts news, interviews and reviews. Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz on their new film The Mercy, the true story of an amateur sailor's attempt to sail around the world.
Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz on their new film The Mercy, which tells the true story of the ill-fated attempt in 1968 by the amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst to become the first person to sail solo, non-stop, around the world.
Vaseem Khan discusses his latest Inspector Chopra novel, about an Indian detective with a baby elephant as his sidekick, which he has written as a Quick Read.
As Irish and Northern Irish women poets campaign for greater recognition in their home country, we discuss the gender battle currently taking place in Irish literature, with campaign co-founder Mary O'Donnell, playwright Rosemary Jenkinson and novelist John Boyne.
Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Timothy Prosser.
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Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz
Duration: 09:40
Irish and Northern Irish Women poets
Duration: 10:51
Vaseem Khan
Duration: 05:19
The Mercy
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Colin Firth
Photo credit: Courtesy of STUDIOCANAL
The Mercy is on general release from Fri 9 Feb, cert 12A
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Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz in The Mercy
Photo credit: Courtesy of STUDIOCANALVaseem Khan
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Vaseem Khan
His book, Inspector Chopra and the Million-Dollar Motor Car is available nowCredits
Role Contributor Presenter Kirsty Lang Interviewed Guest Colin Firth Interviewed Guest Rachel Weisz Interviewed Guest Vaseem Khan Interviewed Guest Mary O'Donnell Interviewed Guest Rosemary Jenkinson Interviewed Guest John Boyne Producer Timothy Prosser Broadcast
- Wed 7 Feb 201819:15BBC Radio 4
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