Andy Serkis, Sam Taylor Johnson, Lorna Goodison

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British actor Andy Serkis talks about his new film sequel War for the Planet of the Apes and how his ape character Caesar has become more human than ever before – and more dangerous. As the 2017 season begins, David Pickard, the director of the BBC Proms, joins us with his selection of concerts for Arts Hour listeners. Sam Taylor Johnson explains why she has turned to TV drama after the experience of directing Fifty Shades of Grey. Lorna Goodison talks about becoming Jamaica’s new poet laureate. Joining Nikki in the studio are double Oscar winning visual effects supremo Paul Franklin who talks about his directorial debut with The Escape and the winner of the Commonwealth Short Story prize, Ingrid Persaud. (Photo shows: Andy Serkis (c) BBC, Sam Taylor Johnson (c) Anthony Harvey/Getty Images, Lorna Goodison (c) BBC)