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Dec 2023
42m 26s

Helena Bonham Carter and Russell T Davie...

Bbc Radio 4
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Helena Bonham Carter and Russell T Davies talk to Samira about their ITV drama series Nolly, in which Bonham Carter plays Crossroads star Noele Gordon.

As a new stage adaptation of the hit TV drama Stranger Things opens in London, writer Kate Trefry discusses how she made the much loved TV series work as theatre.

And musician Laura Misch explains how technology can bring us closer to nature and performs songs from her debut album, Sample The Sky, live in the Front Row studio.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Ciaran Bermingham

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