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The Film Programme

Shirley Henderson, Maxine Peake

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

With Antonia Quirke.

Shirley Henderson reveals the meticulous research she conducted for her role as a woman in the advanced stages of Parkinson's Disease for her new film Never Steady, Never Still.

Maxine Peake and Tony Pitts on why they found working men's clubs impossibly glamorous in the 70s and 80s.

Midwives Kate Jackson and Christine Kelly reveal what the movies get wrong about their jobs.

Director Justin Edgar writes three rules that other film-makers should follow when making dramas with disabled characters.

And there is a podcast exclusive edition of Mind The Gap in which critics Larushka Ivan-Zadeh and Tim Robey fill the gap in their knowledge of Merchant-Ivory films. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Antonia Quirke
Interviewed Guest:
Shirley Henderson
Interviewed Guest:
Maxine Peake
Interviewed Guest:
Tony Pitts
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Jackson
Interviewed Guest:
Christine Kelly
Interviewed Guest:
Justin Edgar
Interviewed Guest:
Larushka Ivan-Zedah
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Robey

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