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Radio 4,07 Jan 2011,30 mins

Hiliary Swank interview; School of Comedy

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Kirsty Lang talks to double Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank about her role in the film Conviction, in which she plays a working mother who puts herself through law school so that she can defend her brother against a murder conviction. As an after-school club which teaches children comedy plans to expand, Kirsty Lang talks to the teachers and pupils, and to some of the performers in the Channel 4 series it sparked. The curator of Dulwich Picture Gallery, Ian Dejardin, describes how they plan to celebrate the bicentenary of the first purpose-built art gallery in England, which was designed by Sir John Soane and opened in 1811. After Batman and Spider-Man comes The Green Hornet. Film critic Ryan Gilbey reflects on the way films are now based upon B-list superheroes. Producer: Robyn Read.

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