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World Service,09 May 2026,49 mins

Film-maker Alejandro González Iñárritu

The Arts Hour

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Nikki Bedi talks to Oscar winning Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu about his career and discusses the week’s cultural highlights with cultural critic Leila Latif: The American writer and actor Lena Dunham answers the question; will she bring back her groundbreaking hit TV series Girls? Moroccan film-maker Maryam Touzani talks about her latest movie Calle Malaga. Danish novelist Solvej Balle discusses the concept of time travel in her novels. And, we hear a special piece of music dedicated to the late Indian singer Asha Bhosle from Urdu poet and musician Tauseef Akhtar. (Photo: Alejandro González Iñárritu holding an Oscar statue. Credit: Getty Images)

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