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Christopher Nolan, Guys and Dolls, City of Culture 2021

Duration: 30 minutes

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

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Christopher Nolan, writer and director of Memento, Inception, Interstellar and the Batman trilogy including The Dark Knight, looks back over his career as the DVD of his most recent film Dunkirk is about to be released.

Theatre critic and broadcaster Nick Ahad reviews the new all-black cast production of Guys and Dolls at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.

John Lahr, writer and theatre critic, and Dr Lynette Goddard, author of Modern and Contemporary Black British Drama, discuss the issues raised by all-black cast theatre productions.

Tonight the UK's City of Culture 2021 will be announced. The contenders are Coventry, Paisley, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland and Swansea. Arts Minister John Glen and a spokesperson from the winning city tell us what to expect from the new City of Culture.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Kate Bullivant. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Christopher Nolan
Interviewed Guest:
Nicholas Ahad
Interviewed Guest:
John Lahr
Interviewed Guest:
Lynette Goddard
Interviewed Guest:
John Glen
Presenter:
Kate Bullivant

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