Presented by Kirsty Lang. Then Weather
Oliver Stone turned to Oxford don and Alexander expert Robin Lane Fox for historical advice. The horse-mad scholar agreed on one condition: that the director let him join Colin Farrell and the charge of the Macedonian cavalry in his epic movie.
The controversial director of Alexander - whose Platoon follows - in conversation.
Oliver Stone's Oscar-winning Vietnam epic from 1986, starring Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen and Forest Whitaker. Review page 56.
: Jiri Belohlavek conducts the Prague Philharmonia. Magdalena Kozena sings work by Mozart, Novak and Myslivecek. Plus Martinu's Double Concerto
