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The Arts Hour: Actor Hugh Jackman and artist Ai Weiwei

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Hugh Jackman, Claire Foy, Ai Weiwei

16/12/2017 GMT

Actor Hugh Jackman and artist Ai Weiwei

BBC World Service - The Arts Hour, Actor Hugh Jackman and artist Ai Weiwei

Australian actor Hugh Jackman talks about his role as circus impresario P.T. Barnum.

Australian actor Hugh Jackman talks about his role as circus impresario P.T. Barnum in The Greatest Showman

Joining Nikki Bedi on The Arts Hour this week are American documentary film maker Brett Morgen and British critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh.

Brett Morgen discusses his highly-praised documentary Jane, about the renowned British scientist Jane Goodall

Australian actor Hugh Jackman talks about his role as circus impresario P.T. Barnum in The Greatest Showman

British actress Claire Foy discusses her final appearance as the young Queen Elizabeth II in the TV series The Crown

Mexican film director Guillermo del Toro explains why he realised that fairy tales aren’t always for children when he was making his award winning film The Shape of Water

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei on why he was inspired to make a film about the migrant crisis, the documentary film Human Flow

With music from American singer songwriter Joan as Policewoman and details of how to enter next year’s BBC International Playwriting Competition.

Please note entry to the BBC World Service/British Council International Playwriting Competition is now closed and we are unable to accept further scripts or entry forms.

(Photo shows: Hugh Jackman (c) Michael Loccisano/Getty Images, Claire Foy (c) Valerie Macon/Getty Images, Ai Weiwei (c) Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

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