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Jun 2025
42m 25s

Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer on ...

Bbc Radio 4
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Samira talks to legendary Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer, whose latest film F1 stars Brad Pitt as a racing car driver.

Alistair McGowan and Dr Caroline Potter celebrate the extraordinary music and life of the French composer Erik Satie, whose centenary is marked on Radio 3 on Saturday. Alistair's play about Satie, called Three Pieces in the Shape of a Pear, is broadcast on Radio 4 on July 1st.

Nick Ahad visits Beamish, the Living Museum of the North, shortlisted for this year's Museum of the Year.

Caroline Norbury, Chief Exec of Creative UK, reacts to the government's launch of their Creative Industries Sector Plan.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Harry Graham

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