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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

Saturday Review: A Little Life, Trainwreck, John Hurt, Scandalous Lady W, Bedwyr Williams

A Little Life, Trainwreck, John Hurt, Scandalous Lady W, Bedwyr Williams

15/08/2015

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Review, A Little Life, Trainwreck, John Hurt, Scandalous Lady W, Bedwyr Williams

A Little Life, Trainwreck, John Hurt's Jeffrey Bernard, Scandalous Lady W, Bedwyr Williams

Hanya Yanagihara's novel A Little Life, Amy Schumer in Trainwreck, John Hurt in Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell on R4, Scandalous Lady W, Bedwyr Williams at The Whitworth in Manchester.

Hanya Yanagihara's novel A Little Life is an expansive novel about a group of male friends in New York. It has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015.
American comic actor Amy Schumer stars in Trainwreck as a hard-living young woman for whom love turns her life around
Sir John Hurt plays the title role in Radio 4's adaptation of John Mortimer's 1989 play Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell; an entertainingly dissolute life spent in old Soho. 
The Scandalous Lady W on BBC2 tells the story of an 18th century noblewoman whose infidelity led to a sensational public trial.
Bedwyr Williams is a Welsh artist who has exhibited work at The Venice Biennale and now has a show at The Whitworth in Manchester (Museum of The Year 2015).

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