Colin Firth and Costa Book Category Winners revealed
Mark Lawson announces the Costa Book Award category winners. Colin Firth and director Tom Hooper on portraying royalty in The King's Speech. And Pete Postlethwaite remembered.
With Mark Lawson, including news of the winners of each category in the Costa Book Awards - best novel, first novel, biography, children's book and poetry.
Colin Firth and director Tom Hooper on portraying royalty and how to act with a stammer in The King's Speech - a film based on the relationship between George VI and his Australian speech therapist .
And from the Front Row archives actor Pete Postlethwaite, who died yesterday. Writer Alan Bleasdale remembers working with him in Liverpool theatres when their careers began.
Producer Robyn Read.
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Costa Book Awards
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Costa Book Awards
News of the winners of each category in the Costa Book Awards - best novel, first novel, biography, children's book and poetry.
Duration: 10:24
The King's Speech
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The King's Speech
Actor Colin Firth and director Tom Hooper talk about making The King's Speech.
Duration: 08:43
Pete Postlethwaite Remembered
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Pete Postlethwaite Remembered
Playwright Alan Bleasdale talks about Pete Postlethwaite and excerpts from a Front Row Pete Postlethwaite interview.
Duration: 07:23
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- Tue 4 Jan 2011 19:15成人快手 Radio 4
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