Actor Ethan Hawke, Cuban jazz singer Daymé Arocena and much more

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Nikki Bedi’s studio guests this week are Iranian filmmaker Babak Anvari and Canadian thriller writer K.J. Howe. Hollywood star Ethan Hawk talks about working with the British actress Sally Hawkins and the inspirational screen director Aisling Walsh on their new film Maudie. Dominic Cooper remembers being an anonymous actor and sharing an apartment with a then unknown James Corden, who now hosts The Late Late Show on US television. Stockard Channing recalls working with super-screenwriter Aaron Sorkin as his TV hit The West Wing was gaining recognition. We have music from award winning Cuban jazz singer Daymé Arocena, a round-up of recent European Film Festivals from Phillip Bergson and Patrick Gale talks about re-imagining family histories for his novels. The Freedom Broker by K.J. Howe is available now. (Photo: Ethan Hawke © Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images, Daymé Arocena © Jemal Countess/Getty Images, Dominic Cooper © Lily Lawrence/Getty Images for Mediaplacement)