Original version

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

The Arts Hour

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media: Arts

The best global arts coverage from across the BBC.

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service East Asia

BBC World Service South Asia

BBC World Service

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

The Arts Hour: Amitabh Bachchan, Britney Spears, Daniel Radcliffe

Discussion & Talk

Amitabh Bachchan, Britney Spears, Daniel Radcliffe

08/10/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - The Arts Hour, Amitabh Bachchan, Britney Spears, Daniel Radcliffe

Amitabh Bachchan on his film Pink, and Britney Spears on the risks of performing live

Amitabh Bachchan on his film Pink, Britney Spears on the risks of performing live, and Daniel Radcliffe's new film The Swiss Army Man.

The Indian film super-star Amitabh Bachchan discusses his latest film Pink, a court room drama in which he plays a lawyer who is defending three girls who have been attacked. He also discusses the changes he has seen in the industry after more than 50 years in the film business.

Márta Sebestyén, the Hungarian folk singer from Muzsikás recalls how she became the haunting voice of the soundtrack from Anthony Minghella’s 1996 film The English Patient. 

We catch up with the latest music news in the world of Afro-Punk which is spreading worldwide, hearing from performers such as Laura Mvula, and Skin from Skunk Anansie.

Daniel Radcliffe will probably be forever known as the child actor who landed the role of Harry Potter in the series of famous films, but these days he is forging his career being taken seriously as an actor in the adult world. He tells us about his latest film The Swiss Army Man.

Tim Burton, director of magical and mostly gothic films, tells us about his own isolated childhood as his latest film Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is released. 

Steve Reich, the composer of minimalist music has just celebrated his 80th birthday and recalls how in the 1960s he experimented with tape to get some of the sounds he needed. 

Performance poet Kate Tempest talks about her latest work Let them eat Chaos. She performs a short extract and pop icon Britney Spears talks about the trials and risks of performing big stage shows. 

(Photo: Amitabh Bachchan (c) Dominique Charriau, Britney Spears (c) Ethan Miller/Getty Images, Daniel Radcliffe (c) Stuart C.Wilson)

Accessibility links

Programme Index

The Arts Hour

Amitabh Bachchan, Britney Spears, Daniel Radcliffe

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

About BBC World Service