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Night Waves: The Rolling Stones, Harry Shearer, Ferdinand Mount, Albert Nobbs

The Rolling Stones, Harry Shearer, Ferdinand Mount, Albert Nobbs

24/04/2012

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, The Rolling Stones, Harry Shearer, Ferdinand Mount, Albert Nobbs

Samira Ahmed talks to actor Harry Shearer as he tackles the role of Richard Nixon.

Presented by Samira Ahmed. With a discussion on The Rolling Stones' legacy, actor Harry Shearer on playing Richard Nixon, Ferdinand Mount's new book, and the film Albert Nobbs.

For Night Waves Samira Ahmed will be considering the legacy of that most venerable British institution - The Rolling Stones. The band celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year and its latest biographer, Christopher Sandford, will be in the studio to explain how he's gone about sifting the facts from the myth. The longevity of their Satanic Majesties has also created something of a problem when it comes to any succession according to the economist Will Page and he'll be reflecting on the impact their reign is having on the kingdom of pop.

Samira will also be talking to Harry Shearer, who, as well as being the man behind , This is Spinal Tap, one of the funniest rock films ever made, is the voice of Mr Burns in The Simpsons. For his latest project Shearer has raised the spirit of Richard Nixon from his political grave to walk again as the star of a television drama. 

Something just as dramatic but not as funny is revealed in Ferdinand Mount's latest book - The New Few. He'll be explaining his belief that we in Britain are ruled by oligarchs and its time break free. To round things off Briony Hanson will assess Albert Nobbs....the film for which Glenn Close received an Oscar nomination for playing the part of a man. 

All will be revealed in Night Waves with Samira Ahmed.

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