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Stronger, Shashi Kapoor, Douglas Henshall, Tokio Myers

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Jake Gyllenhaal stars in Stronger, a true story of Jeff Bauman who lost both of his legs when a bomb exploded at the Boston Marathon in 2013. Ellen E Jones reviews the film that charts his recovery.

Douglas Henshall discusses his role as journalist and TV news director Max Schumacher in the stage version of the 1976 Oscar-winning film Network at the National Theatre, alongside Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston who plays the troubled news anchor Howard Beale who is famously 'mad as hell' and 'not going to take this anymore!'

Performing live Tokio Myers, the pianist who fuses classical piano pieces with pop tracks. Myers came to prominence earlier this year when he won Britain's Got Talent and has just released his debut album. He discusses studying at the Royal College of Music and supporting Amy Winehouse and Kanye West on tour.

Shashi Kapoor has died today. We look at the life and work of the Bollywood star with Asian Network's Ashanti Omkar. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Producer:
Hannah Robins
Interviewed Guest:
Ellen E Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Douglas Henshall
Musician:
Tokio Myers
Interviewed Guest:
Ashanti Omkar

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