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The Film Programme

The Crying Game

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

With Francine Stock.

Stephen Woolley, producer of The Crying Game, reveals why the film almost never got made and the lengths he went to keep the movie's famous twist a secret.

Critics Tim Robey and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh talk about twists that work and twists that don't, without giving away the twist.

Sandra Hebron and Ceyda Uzun slug it out to get their chosen director into The A To Z Of Film. This week it's James Cameron versus Jane Campion in the battle of the weepies - Titanic versus The Piano. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Woolley
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Robey
Interviewed Guest:
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Interviewed Guest:
Sandra Hebron
Interviewed Guest:
Ceyda Uzun

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