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Jimmy McGovern on Unforgivable and Has Marvel cracked the superhero reboot?

We discuss the new Fantastic Four, and Jimmy McGovern talks about BBC drama Unforgivable. Plus, I Who Have Never Known Men, the feminist dystopia rediscovered by a new generation

Jimmy McGovern on his challenging new BBC drama, Unforgivable, about a convicted child abuser.

The Fantastic Four changed comics forever in 1961 by making superheroes more human, but on screen the team has struggled. Now Marvel is rebooting their First Family for the third time. Author and journalist Hannah Strong and journalist and co-host of the Fade to Black film podcast Amon Warmann reveal if they've finally stuck the landing.

Why is a 30-year-old dystopian novel by a forgotten Belgian author this year’s surprise publishing sensation? The book’s translator Ros Schwartz and Award-winning novelist Sophie Mackintosh discuss I Who Have Never Known Men by Jaqueline Harpman

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