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Dec 2022
42m 34s

Zadie Smith on The Wife of Willesden, Da...

Bbc Radio 4
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Zadie Smith talks about her play The Wife of Willesden, a modern re-telling of Chaucer’s The Wife of Bath starring Clare Perkins in the title role at Kiln Theatre, London.

David Tennant discusses playing Russian Alexander Litvinenko in a new ITV drama based on the real life events of his shocking death.

Keyboard player Rick Wakeman discusses how he's having to adapt his UK tour after a load of his musical gear was stolen from his van last week.

And film critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh expresses her frustration at the confusion surrounding current film releases since the start of the pandemic.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Jerome Weatherald

Image: Clare Perkins as Alvita in The Wife of Willesden by Zadie Smith at Kiln Theatre, London Photographer credit: Michael Wharley

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