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World Service,03 Nov 2018,53 mins

Actress Jane Fonda

The Arts Hour

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Hollywood legend Jane Fonda says her classic film 9 to 5 is still relevant today. Ladan Akbaria, describes the challenges of creating the British Museum’s stunning new Islamic World Gallery Actress and producer Maggie Gyllenhaal tells us why she’s invented the role of an “Intimacy Expert” on her TV series The Deuce Writer, actress and director Desiree Akhavan talks about directing herself in sex scenes in her series The Bisexual; We hear from the winners of the BBC World Service Radio Playwriting Competition. Photo shows Jane Fonda (c) Bertrand Guay/Getty Images What's the greatest foreign-language film in the world? We find out which films came top of the BBC Culture world cinema poll. And there's music from San Francisco's Fantastic Negrito. Presenter Nikki Bedi is joined by the film critic Rich Cline

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