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World Service,22 Mar 2025,49 mins

Adolescence co-creator Jack Thorne

The Arts Hour

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Nikki Bedi talks with writer Jack Thorne about his powerful new series Adolescence And with director Sandhya Suri, discussing her India-set film Santosh about a female police officer investigating a crime amidst internal politics and caste prejudice. Brazilian actor Fernanda Torres explains her performance in the Oscar-winning film, I’m Still Here. British actor Naomi Ackie talks about working with South Korean director Bong Joon Ho on the film Mickey 17. Nigerian American science fiction author Nnedi Okorafor reveals how a personal ‘what if’ scenario inspired her latest novel. And there’s music from Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi. Nikki is joined by the cultural critic Arifa Akbar. (Photo: Jamie Miller played by Owen Cooper in Adolescence; Credit: Netflix)

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