2015 Oscar Nominations, Russell T Davies

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Matthew Sweet looks at today's announcement of this year's Oscar nominations, focusing on the politics of the foreign film awards with critics Ian Christie, Karen Krizanovich and Phillip Bergson. TV dramatist Russell T Davies discusses his new projects for Channel 4, E4 and 4OD. Respectively titled Cucumber, Banana, and Tofu, they explore the passions and pitfalls of 21st century gay life. Cucumber is a drama which screens Thursdays on Channel 4 at 9pm from Jan 22nd for 3 weeks Banana screens Thursdays on E4 at 10pm from Jan 22nd for 3 weeks Tofu is an online documentary series available on 4OD And as another icon of British Brutalist architecture - Birmingham's Central Library - faces the bulldozers, Dr Barnabas Calder, the author of the forthcoming book Raw Concrete, examines our love-hate relationship with the grey stuff. Producer: Craig Templeton Smith.