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Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

The ideas shaping our lives today - with artists and thinkers in debates and interviews.

The ideas shaping our lives today - with leading artists and thinkers in extended interview and debate.

Free Thinking: Mike Leigh

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Mike Leigh talks to Matthew Sweet as his historical epic Peterloo opens in cinemas.

Mike Lee talks to Matthew Sweet about both his career and his approach to dramatising history in his new film Peterloo, which depicts the 1819 massacre at a rally in Manchester.

The film director talks to Matthew Sweet about his career and his approach to dramatising history.  His new film Peterloo depicts the 1819 massacre at a rally in Manchester where a crowd of 60,000–80,000 were demanding the reform of parliamentary representation.  It follows his film about the painter Mr Turner and the 2004 film Vera Drake which depicted the 1950s - a period when abortions were illegal in England. 

Peterloo is in UK cinemas from 2 November 
Jacqueline Riding's Peterloo - The Story of the Manchester Massacre is available now

Producer: Debbie Kilbride

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