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13 October 2004
Presented by John Wilson
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SEX TRAFFIC
Journalist Dea Birkett joins John to discuss Channel Four's harrowing new drama, Sex Traffic, directed by David Yates, who made State of Play. Playwright Abi Morgan's two-part screenplay intertwines the stories of two Moldovan sisters and a British charity worker (John Simm) investigating the sex slave trade. But is it a much-needed piece of investigative drama, or a voyeuristic simplification of a complex issue?
Sex Traffic starts on Channel Four tonight (14 October) at 9pm, with the concluding part next Thursday (21 October).
JULIAN COPE
The popstar Julian Cope had a series of hits in the Eighties, such as 'Reward' with his band Teardrop Explodes, and 'World Shut Your Mouth' as a solo artist. But he had a very different kind of hit in 1998 with his book The Modern Antiquarian - an exhaustive tour of Britain's ancient sites of worship. He has now extended his reach to Europe, and joins John to discuss his new book, his British Museum lectures (conducted in face paint and a cape) and the difference between touring as a popstar and as an archaeologist.
The Megalithic European by Julian Cope is published in hardback on Monday (18 October).
TACKLING HOMOPHOBIA
The Football Association is backing a new play about a football manager who is revealed to be gay, and the consequences he suffers as a result. To discuss why they've teamed up to tackle homophobia in the beautiful game, John is joined by playwright Chris Chibnall and Lucy Faulkner, the FA’s Ethics and Sports Equity Manager.
Gaffer! is on at the Southwark Playhouse from tonight until 30 October and then transfers to York Theatre Royal from 3 to 27 November.
www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk
www.theatre-royal-york.co.uk
ANGELS IN THE WEST END
Producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh has helped launch a campaign to encourage theatre fans to become 'theatre angels' by making small-scale investments in stage productions. Matt Wolf of Variety magazine tells John whether he thinks the idea has wings.
BACK WITH A VENGEANCE
A new Korean movie, Oldboy, has a brutally simple plot - a man is wronged and sets out to kill those who have wronged him. Yet the film won a Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival earlier in the year. And with similar films being made in Britain and America, it seems to herald a renewed vogue for a type of film that has been spurned for twenty-five years. The film critic Mark Kermode joins John to discuss why the revenge film has come back with a vengeance.
Oldboy is out on Friday (15 October) in cities across the country, certificate 18.
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