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Front Row: Timothy Spall, Catherine Tate, 11.22.63, Dutch flowers.

Timothy Spall, Catherine Tate, 11.22.63, Dutch flowers.

05/04/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Timothy Spall, Catherine Tate, 11.22.63, Dutch flowers.

Timothy Spall in The Caretaker, Catherine Tate, 11.22.63 reviewed, Dutch flowers.

Timothy Spall talks about The Caretaker, Catherine Tate's choice for Shakespeare's People, plus the TV series of Stephen King's 11.22.63, and Dutch flowers at the National Gallery.

Timothy Spall talks to John Wilson about his return to the stage. It's at the Old Vic but is scarcely glamorous. He's playing Davies in Pinter's The Caretaker. "He's a hobo," Spall says, "a dosser." He and John discuss the attractions and challenges of playing such as character. 

Catherine Tate chooses the outspoken and witty Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing, as part of our Shakespeare's People series. 

Writer and critic Michael Carlson reviews the TV adaptation of Stephen King's novel 11.22.63. James Franco plays a teacher who discovers a time portal that leads to October 21st, 1960 and goes on a quest to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

As a display of twenty-two intricate paintings of Dutch Flowers goes on show at the National Gallery, curator Betsy Wieseman tells us the story of the growth of a genre, which began in the Netherlands in the early 1600s.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Jack Soper.

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