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The Film Programme: Derek Jarman's The Garden

Derek Jarman's The Garden

BBC Radio 4 - The Film Programme, Derek Jarman's The Garden

Antonia Quirke's recommendation for a film to watch while the cinemas are closed is The Garden by Derek Jarman. 

With Antonia Quirke

Antonia's recommendation for a film to watch while the cinemas are closed is The Garden by Derek Jarman. 
The garden itself and the adjacent cottage have just been saved for the nation after a successful campaign and Antonia recalls her pilgrimage to Dungeness on the 25th anniversary of the film-maker's death, when she spoke to collaborators Simon Fisher-Turner, Spencer Leigh and Seamus McGarvey,  and critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh. Antonia raids the programme's archive to hear from director Ken Russell, who gave Jarman his first job in the film industry.

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