Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant and the poet of English cinema
Bridget Jones
Francine Stock talks to Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant about the second onscreen outing of Helen Fielding's diarist heroine Bridget Jones. We are also joined by Cherry Potter, author of I Love You But... Seven Decades of Romantic Comedy, who compares Bridget Jones with previous heroines of romantic comedy.
Hollywood Remakes
Number one at the US box office this week and just released in UK cinemas is The Grudge, director Takashi Shimizu's Hollywood remake of his own Japanese film Ju-on: The Grudge. The Film Programme finds out why Hollywood is so keen on replicating Japanese horror films with co-producer of The Ring Christine Iso and screenwriter Joel Jenkins.
Humphrey Jennings
Humphrey Jennings' biographer Kevin Jackson explains why the wartime documentary-maker is considered the poet of English cinema.
Humphrey Jennings' A Diary for Timothy is being screened at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival on 14 November 2004.
Kevin Jackson's book Humphrey Jennings is available now. ISBN: 0330354388.
Gone with the Wind
On Christmas Day we will have a special programme about the 1939 film Gone with the Wind. If you have any experiences or memories associated with Victor Fleming's classic please let us know - either by post at The Film Programme, BBC Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA or by email at [email protected].
