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Night Waves: Much Ado About Nothing, Sweet Bird of Youth, Education

Much Ado About Nothing, Sweet Bird of Youth, Education

12/06/2013

BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, Much Ado About Nothing, Sweet Bird of Youth, Education

Samira Ahmed talks to Joss Whedon about his film version of Much Ado About Nothing.

Samira Ahmed talks to Joss Whedon about his film of Much Ado About Nothing and discusses a new production of Tennessee Williams's Sweet Bird of Youth starring Kim Cattrall.

Samira Ahmed talks to Joss Whedon, creator of the cult TV hit Buffy The Vampire Slayer, whose new film is a modern dress version of Much Ado About Nothing.

Marianne Elliott talks about her new production of Tennessee Williams's play Sweet Bird of Youth, starring Kim Cattrall as a Hollywood leading lady whose youth is fading.

Radio 3 New Generation Thinker Greg Tate looks back to a famous debate on Education between Matthew Arnold and T.H. Huxley which throws an interesting light on the current over-heated discussions about what our children should be taught.

That's Night Waves, tonight at 10pm with Samira Ahmed, here on Radio 3.

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