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Shaun Keaveny

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Irreverent music lover Shaun serves up music, features and entertainment.

Shaun Keaveny: 11/05/2011

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11/05/2011

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Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor OBE chats about new BBC drama The Shadow Line.

Vampire Weekend to The Velvet Underground? Wonderfully observed northern ramblings? Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor OBE chatting about The Shadow Line? A brand new DJ Shadow track? Done.

Shaun Keaveny takes a rib-tickling satirical romp through the day's news and events, to the perfect morning soundtrack for any music-lover; from northern soul to new folk; rock 'n' roll to indie disco. New tracks from the likes of Wild Beasts and Florence & The Machine delightfully wrap around your semi-conscious ears, along with the best of the greatest back catalogues on the planet; be they The Smiths, The Stones, The Clash or The Jam. 

Wednesday also sees Shaun chat with Golden Globe and Bafta award winning actor Chiwetel Ejiofor OBE about the new BBC drama 'The Shadow Line'.

'The Shadow Line' is a sophisticated conspiracy thriller set across seven parts that brings to life a cinematic world of blurred morality and the conflicted characters who inhabit it, it features a star-studded cast, including: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Eccleston, Sir Antony Sher and Stephen Rea. When police officers discover the body of a man, shot at close range, they soon realise the victim is Harvey Wratten, head of one of the UK's largest crime organisations. Having served two years of an 18-year sentence for his part in importing £11m worth of heroin into the country, Wratten had only just been released from jail under the very rarely obtained royal pardon. 

Assigned to investigate Wratten's death is Detective Inspector Jonah Gabriel (Ejiofor), in his first case since being shot during a botched police operation that left his partner dead. He has amnesia, caused by the bullet still lodged in his brain, which leaves him doubtful of his own moral compass and his colleagues regard him with suspicion. Gabriel has to follow an increasingly complicated line of investigation, all the while wondering whether he can trust anyone, not least, himself.

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