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Nov 20
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Review Show: The Death of Bunny Munro; T...

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Louisa Buck and Robbie Collin join Tom Sutcliffe to review the TV adaptation of Nick Cave’s novel The Death of Bunny Munro with Matt Smith playing a chaotic door to door beauty salesman

They've visited artist Bridget Riley’s Learning to See exhibition at Turner Contemporary in Margate.

And they discuss Marion Cotillard in the fairytale, fantasy drama The Ice Tower.

Plus, Tom talks to the winner of this year's BBC New Comedy Award, Eli Hart. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, previous winners include Alan Carr and Lucy Beaumont while past runners-up include Peter Kay and Sarah Millican.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Claire Bartleet

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