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Kenneth Branagh, Keeping TV secrets, Josie Lawrence, Parents in film

Duration: 30 minutes

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

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The actor and comedian Josie Lawrence is currently tackling Bertolt Brecht in a production of Mother Courage and her Children at Southwark Playhouse in London. She discusses the morality of Mother Courage with Samira and explains why the part was at the top of her theatrical bucket list.

In the wake of Prue Leith revealing the Bake Off winner, TV Times journalist Emma Bullimore looks at the lengths TV programmes go to in order to keep their reveals under wraps.

As A Bad Moms Christmas and Daddy's Home 2 hit cinemas, we discuss how parents are portrayed in mainstream comedy films and consider if the old stereotypes are changing.

Kenneth Branagh discusses directing Murder on the Orient Express, in which he also plays the Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Rebecca Armstrong. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Josie Lawrence
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Bullimore
Interviewed Guest:
Kenneth Branagh

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