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The Film Programme: 05/01/2012

05/01/2012

BBC Radio 4 - The Film Programme, 05/01/2012

Francine Stock talks to Olivia Colman about playing Carol Thatcher in The Iron Lady.

Francine Stock talks to Olivia Colman about playing Carol Thatcher in The Iron Lady and discusses teenage pregnancy, lost daughters and redemption with Rodrigo Garcia.

The Film Programme strays into the territory of Greek tragedy this week embracing the family, family politics and politics itself. Francine Stock talks to Olivia Colman about playing opposite Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady, Phyllida Lloyd's film about Margaret Thatcher; she discusses teenage pregnancy,lost daughters and redemption with Rodrigo Garcia the director of Mother and Child which stars Annette Bening and Naomi Watts; and she joins the critic Jonathan Romney to assess the celebrated Chilean film, Post Mortem which is released this month on DVD. Then, in a final flourish she invites the historian Jeffrey Richards, to reflect on the strange impact which an Atlantic crossing can have on a film''s title.

Producer: Zahid Warley.

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