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The Film Programme

Paul Thomas Anderson

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

With Francine Stock

Director Paul Thomas Anderson discusses Phantom Thread, Daniel Day Lewis' farewell to the film industry.

There's another episode of Pitch Battle, in which historians nominate a suitable candidate for the movie treatment, a historical figure who has not yet been the subject of bio-pic. This week Helen Antrobus champions Ellen Wilkinson, the five foot "mighty atom" who led the Jarrow March.

Anna Smith explains why she's spent the last twenty five years watching Groundhog Day over and over again.

Perfume expert Dariush Alavi examines one of the few films to have been named after a scent, Black Narcissus, and explains what the movie smells like to him. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Thomas Anderson
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Antrobus
Interviewed Guest:
Anna Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Dariush Alavi

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