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World Service,20 Jan 2018,49 mins

Australian Actress Rebel Wilson and Sitarist Anoushka Shankar

The Arts Hour

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Sitarist and composer Anoushka Shankar talks about scoring the 1928 silent film Shiraz, and Korean-American novelist Mary Lynn Bracht discusses her debut novel White Chrysanthemum, set partly in Japanese-occupied Korea. Australian actress and funny woman Rebel Wilson describes how it felt taking on the Australian tabloids in court. Oscar winning actor Tom Hanks on how Meryl Streep gave him an acting masterclass on the set of their new movie The Post. Eastern Congo and Kenya's Orchestre Les Mangelepa perform a song from their new album. Oscar winning composer Hans Zimmer talks about collaborating with Christopher Nolan on the film Dunkirk. We hear about Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar, the Mongolian opera singer who moves audiences to tears. And ahead of our Arts Hour on Tour in Copenhagen next week, Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson explains the importance of sitting down to lunch with colleagues. (Photo: Rebel Wilson (c) Theo Wargo/Getty Images, Tom Hanks (c) Chris Jackson/Getty Images, Anoushka Shankar (c) Valerie Macon/Getty Images)

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