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Babylon; Wendy Cope; border crossing theatre; North Korean art

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Babylon, a new series from the creators of Peep Show, returns for a series after appearing on Channel 4 as a pilot. Brit Marling and James Nesbitt star in this fly on the wall satire about the police. Documentary film maker Roger Graef reviews.

Poet Wendy Cope discusses her new book, Life, Love and the Archers, a collection of her prose which includes reviews, essays and recollections from her childhood.

We get a rare glimpse of artistic life in North Korea at an exhibition inside the country's secluded London embassy.

And Samira takes part in a new immersive theatre experience from the National Theatre of Wales by attempting to cross the border from England. Show less

Contributors

Producer:
Ellie Bury
Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Wendy Cope
Interviewed Guest:
Roger Graef
Interviewed Guest:
Bevan Magama
Interviewed Guest:
John McGrath
Interviewed Guest:
John Norton

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