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Front Row: George Clooney's The Midnight Sky. Cyberpunk 2077. The debate on the National Trust

09/12/2020

George Clooney's The Midnight Sky. Cyberpunk 2077. The debate on the National Trust

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, George Clooney's The Midnight Sky. Cyberpunk 2077. The debate on the National Trust

George Clooney's The Midnight Sky. Cyberpunk 2077. The debate on the National Trust.

Larushka Ivan-Zadeh reviews The Midnight Sky. Elle Osili-Wood on Cyberpunk 2077. The ongoing debate about the National Trust's purpose. Sharan Dhaliwal on a Bollywood classic.

The Midnight Sky is George Clooney’s post-apocalyptic new film, which he directs and stars in alongside Felicity Jones and David Oyelowo. Is this Clooney’s Magnum Opus? Larushka Ivan-Zadeh reviews

Eight years since its announcement and after several delays, futuristic roleplaying game Cyberpunk 2077 is released across consoles and PC this week. Its Warsaw-based studio CD Projekt is famous for The Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077 promises to be the most detailed and expansive open-world game out there.  But was it worth the wait? Elle Osili-Wood reviews. 

As debate continues about the role of the National Trust, whose recent work shedding light on many of its property’s links to slavery, as well as other historical injustices, has drawn criticism from members and a group of Conservative MPs, we ask what is the purpose of the Trust now? To explore the issues John is joined by Kirsty Weakley, Editor of Civil Society News, architectural historian Oliver Gerrish and David Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Simon Richardson
Studio Manager: Donald McDonald

Main Image: George Clooney in The Midnight Sky
Image credit: Netflix

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