Timothy Spall, André 3000, Imtiaz Dharker

Timothy Spall discusses playing the role of Turner in Mike Leigh's new film about the great British painter. Actor and musician Andre 3000 explains why making the new Jimi Hendrix film helped save him from depression. The Indian-British poet Imtiaz Dharker reads from her new collection of touching and delicate lines on love. We discover new Bulgarian cinema with critic Philip Bergson. Australian director and actor Jennifer Kent tells us about her scary new film The Babadook. Stings’s new musical based on the shipyards of north-east England opens in New York, Tom Brook reports. From the WOMEX world music showcase in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, we hear about the great Algerian revival band El Gusto Orchestra.

Photo: Timothy Spall as JMW Turner; André Benjamin as Jimi Hendrix; Imtiaz Dharker (credit: Simon Powell)