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Sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events, with Tom Sutcliffe and guests

Presenter Tom Sutcliffe and guests offer sharp, critical discussion of the week's cultural events

Tom Sutcliffe

Tracy Chevalier

Catherine O'Flynn

Craig Raine

Oliver Jones

Saturday Review: Still Alice, Game, Nurse, David Vann, Forensics

Still Alice, Game, Nurse, David Vann, Forensics

07/03/2015

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Review, Still Alice, Game, Nurse, David Vann, Forensics

Oscar-winning Still Alice, Mike Bartlett's Game, Nurse, David Vann, Forensics exhibition.

Julianne Moore's Oscar-winning performance in Still Alice, Mike Bartlett's Game at The Almeida, Paul Whitehouse in Nurse on BBC2, David Vann's novel Aquarium, Forensics exhibition.

Julianne Moore won an Oscar for her performance as Alice, who has Early Onset Alzheimer's disease in Still Alice. Does a great performance make a great movie?
Mike Bartlett's new play Game at London's Almeida theatre raises questions about how desperate people become when they're looking for somewhere to live.
Paul Whitehouse plays multiple characters in his TV series Nurse which is transferring from Radio 4 to BBC2. It deal with the travails of a Community Psychiatric Nurse and her patients.
David Vann's novel Aquarium is told from the point of view of a 12 year old girl whose happy life with her single mother is thrown into disarray by a chance encounter
Forensics - The Anatomy of Crime, has opened at The Wellcome Collection in London, and it looks at crime from being committed to criminal conviction.
Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Tracy Chevalier, Catherine O'Flynn and Craig Raine. The producer is Oliver Jones.

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