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The Arts Hour: Aaron Sorkin, Mark Ronson, Assaf Gavron

Aaron Sorkin, Mark Ronson, Assaf Gavron

22/11/2014

BBC World Service - The Arts Hour, Aaron Sorkin, Mark Ronson, Assaf Gavron

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin on the hazards of writing and DJ Mark Ronson on his new album

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin on the hazards of writing, DJ Rita Ray on the African musicians responding to the Ebola crisis, author Assaf Gavron, DJ Mark Ronson on his new album.

Oscar-winner Aaron Sorkin, acclaimed for The Social Network and The West Wing, discusses the hazards of screenwriting. DJ Rita Ray reports on the response from superstar African musicians to the Ebola crisis. Novelist Assaf Gavron, on the reality of life in Israel in the 21st Century in his new novel The Hilltop. Plus, a report from Egypt on women tackling sexual aggression through theatre. Global DJ Mark Ronson delights us with tales of his American odyssey for his new album Uptown Special. The ‘noir prophet’ William Gibson on his new novel The Peripheral and why we should fear the rise of the drone. And, a session from Moroccan Gnawa master, Simo Lagnawi. 

(Photo: Aaron Sorkin (c) Jason Merritt/Getty Images, Mark Ronson (c) Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images, Assaf Gavron (c) Howard Romero)

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