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Front Row: George Clooney, writer Gwyneth Hughes, The Scala Cinema

George Clooney, writer Gwyneth Hughes, The Scala Cinema

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George Clooney, Callum Turner, Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Scala!!!

George Clooney and Callum Turner on The Boys in the Boat, Gwyneth Hughes on Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Jane Giles and Ali Catterall on the story of the Scala Cinema.

The Boys in the Boat tells the story of the surprise success of the  US rowing team at 1936 Munich Olympics. Samira talks to the director George Clooney and its star Callum Turner.

Writer Gwyneth Hughes talks about her new ITV production, Mr Bates vs The Post Office, which dramatises what has been called the biggest miscarriage of justice in British legal history, the prosecution of hundreds of sub-postmasters and mistresses as a result of a flawed computer accounting system.

The Scala cinema in London’s Kings Cross was the leading alternative picture house from the late 70s to the early 90s. A new documentary, Scala!!!, traces its development as purveyor of eccentric films to an even more eccentric audience. The directors Jane Giles and Ali Catterall explain how it became a counter-cultural landmark.

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Producer: Paul Waters

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