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Adrian Lester on Undercover, National Poetry Competition, Victoria, James Shapiro

Duration: 30 minutes

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

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Kirsty Lang talks to Adrian Lester who stars in Undercover, the new legal thriller on BBC1 written by former barrister Peter Moffat.

As part of our Shakespeare's People series, leading scholar James Shapiro chooses one of the playwright's smallest roles, the First Servant in King Lear.

Hannah McGill reviews Victoria, the acclaimed new German film shot in one long take.

As Radio 4's Home Front hides Shakespeare quotes in its scripts, Kirsty talks to writer Sebastian Baczkiewicz and historian Sophie Duncan, who looks at how Shakespeare's 300th anniversary was marked during World War I.

Plus Eric Berlin, winner of the National Poetry Competition. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Adrian Lester
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Moffat
Interviewed Guest:
James Shapiro
Interviewed Guest:
Hannah McGill
Interviewed Guest:
Sebastian Baczkiewicz
Interviewed Guest:
Sophie Duncan
Interviewed Guest:
Eric Berlin

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