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Front Row: Groundhog Day review, Pedro Almodovar, Dressage music, Bertie Carvel

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18/08/2016

Groundhog Day review, Pedro Almodovar, Dressage music, Bertie Carvel

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Groundhog Day review, Pedro Almodovar, Dressage music, Bertie Carvel

Tim Minchin's musical of Groundhog Day reviewed and Pedro Almodovar on his film Julieta.

Tim Minchin's Groundhog Day reviewed, Pedro Almodovar on Julieta, composer Tom Hunt on music for dressage rider Charlotte Dujardin and actor Bertie Carvel on his directorial debut.

The film Groundhog Day tells the story of a cynical Pittsburgh TV weatherman who is sent to cover the annual Groundhog Day event in the isolated small town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, when he finds himself caught in a time loop, forced to repeat the same day again and again...and again. Now it's been made into a musical by the same team behind Matilda the Musical, including composer and lyricist Tim Minchin. So how successful is the Old Vic's adaptation? Matt Wolf reviews.

Samira talks to the Spanish film director Pedro Almodovar, famous for outrageous comedies (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) and female-focused dramas (Volver, All About My Mother), whose latest film, Julieta, is his most serious yet.

Charlotte Dujardin won her third Olympic gold earlier this week by retaining her individual dressage title. She performed her latest gold-winning ride to music written especially by composer Tom Hunt for the games in Rio. Tom talks about how he conceived and wrote the music for Charlotte and her horse, Valegro. 

Actor Bertie Carvel discusses his directorial debut Strife, John Galsworthy's rarely staged political drama, which charts the progress of an industrial strike and the fight between a factory's workers and the company's board of directors. 

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Angie Nehring.

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