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Radio 4,09 Aug 2019,28 mins

Cary Grant and Notorious, Festival cancellations, Movement directors, Anna Symon

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Bohemian Rhapsody, The Crown and a new production of Equus have all used Movement Directors to capture the physicality and movements of their characters. But how do they do it and why is it a role in demand? Polly Bennett, who has worked with Rami Malek and Oliva Coleman, and Shelley Maxwell, who is helping the actors in Equus capture the movement of horses, discuss the role of the Movement Directors. The stormy weather is taking its toll on Britain's festivals with announcements this week that several music festivals this weekend, including Houghton Hall in Norfolk and the Boardmasters festival in Watergate Bay, Cornwall, have been called off. What are the financial implications when festivals are cancelled at the last minute? John speaks to Tim Thornhill,director of Integro, the UK’s leading insurance company which specialises in underwriting festivals. A new ITV drama Deep Water set in the Lake District brings together actresses Anna Friel, Sinead Keenan and Rosalind Eleazar to explore the lives of three women in extraordinary circumstances. Writer Anna Symon talks to us about adapting Paula Daly’s Windermere series of novels for the small screen. Cary Grant was a star in the golden age of Hollywood. As one of his most famous films, Hitchock’s Notorious, is restored and re-released and the British Film Institute launch a season of his films, Charlotte Crofts, Director of Bristol’s Cary Comes Home Festival assesses the work of the British born icon. Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Hilary Dunn

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