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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

Meg Rosoff

Adam Mars-Jones

Cahal Dallat

Oliver Jones

Saturday Review: Tale of Tales, Richard III, Barkskins, Tate Modern Switch House, The Living and The Dead

Tale of Tales, Richard III, Barkskins, Tate Modern Switch House, The Living and The Dead

18/06/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Review, Tale of Tales, Richard III, Barkskins, Tate Modern Switch House, The Living and The Dead

Tale of Tales, Richard III, Barkskins, Tate Modern Switch House, The Living and The Dead.

Fairytale fantasy film Tale of Tales, Ralph Fiennes as Richard III, Annie Proulx's Barkskins, Tate Modern new extension:Switch House, BBC TV horror drama The Living and The Dead.

Matteo Garrone's fantasy film Tale of Tales is a modern interpretation of a 17th century fairytale collection filled with dark gothic strangeness.
Ralph Fiennes plays Richard III in a new production at London's Almeida Theatre. He's a very cynical psychopath as well as a ruthless monarch
Annie Proulx's Barkskins is a large novel dealing with an enormous subject - the irreversible catastrophe of deforestation
Tate Modern has opened a new extension: Switch House. It improves the gender balance of artists on display and broaden the geographical reach of works
BBC TV is launching a new horror drama The Living and The Dead - early last century a country doctor begins to experience eerie goings-on 

Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Meg Rosoff, Adam Mars Jones and Cahal Dallat. The producer is Oliver Jones.

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