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Radio 4,29 Jul 2015,30 mins

Man Booker Prize longlist, Death of a Gentleman, Game of Thrones aesthetics

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Chair of judges Michael Wood discusses the books in the running for the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, whose longlist was announced today. The novelist Kamila Shamsie, manager of the Authors Cricket Club, reviews new film Death of a Gentleman, in which two young cricket fans track down the most powerful men in the game as they uncover a scandal which threatens to bring down the entire sport. Game of Thrones production designer Gemma Jackson and costume designer Michele Clapton discuss creating the aesthetics of the hit TV series. Leslie Felperin offers her verdict on Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler and Bradley Cooper in the new TV comedy Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp. Presenter Kirsty Lang Producer Jack Soper.

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