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World Service,06 Nov 2021,49 mins

Actor Alan Cumming

The Arts Hour

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On The Arts Hour this week, Nikki Bedi is joined in the studio by the star of film and stage Alan Cumming whose new autobiography Baggage has just been published and also, from Dallas Texas, by critic, writer and activist Minal Hajratwala. Oscar-winning Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley talk about their roles in a new West End stage production of Cabaret Argentinian director Amalia Ulman on El Planeta, her film about a mother/daughter scamming team, starring Amalia and her own mum! Sir Paul McCartney on his new book of song lyrics, an autobiography by any other name. Also Scottish actor Brian Cox, aka Logan Roy, talks about his role in the hit TV series Succession. And Oscar-winning director Chloe Zhao on directing The Eternals with a US$200m dollar budget. (Photo: Alan Cumming. Credit: Paras Griffin/WireImage)

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