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Christoph Waltz, Treasure Island, Mozart in the Jungle, Unread e-Books

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Double Oscar-winner Christoph Waltz on working with Tim Burton in Big Eyes, and responds to rumours surrounding his role in the new James Bond film.

Kirsty goes backstage at the National Theatre on the set that really is the star of Treasure Island - it's a ship, a pub, a cave and a strange, pulsating island. And a pirate's corpse.

Radio 3's Petroc Trelawney reviews Mozart in the Jungle, a new 'webseries' about a wild young conductor who tries to rejuvenate the New York Symphony.

And, novelists Lawrence Norfolk and Kate Pullinger discuss the implications of the recent data released by e-reader Kobo about which books are most often left unfinished. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Christoph Waltz
Interviewed Guest:
Petroc Trelawny
Interviewed Guest:
Lawrence Norfolk
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Pullinger

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