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Julie Walters back on stage, Adrian Lester, and Ed Stoppard on Alan Turing

Julie Walters returns to the stage in The Last of the Haussmans; Ed Stoppard on codebreaker Alan Turing; Adrian Lester answers questions from young actors.

With Mark Lawson.

Julie Walters returns to the stage playing an old hippie, in The Last of the Haussmans, a debut play by Stephen Beresford. The play also stars Helen McCrory and Rory Kinnear as Judy's grown-up children and the victims of a rackety 60s upbringing. Valerie Grove reviews.

A new exhibition at the Science Museum celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing, the wartime codebreaker and pioneering computer scientist. Actor Ed Stoppard, who played Turing in a recent TV docudrama, reviews.

Actor Adrian Lester, star of hustle on 成人快手 One, discusses his career and takes questions from a group of young would-be actors in a session recorded in Hackney at the Radio 1 Academy.

Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • The Last of the Haussmans

    • The Last of the Haussmans

      Valerie Grove reviews Julie Walter's return to the stage in The Last of the Haussmans

      Duration: 05:13

  • Alan Turing

    • Alan Turing

      Actor Ed Stoppard reviews an exhibition of the work of Alan Turing at the Science Museum

      Duration: 06:52

  • Adrian Lester

    • Adrian Lester

      Actor Adrian Lester, star of Hustle on 成人快手 One, discusses his career with Mark Lawson

      Duration: 12:13

  • Same Names

    • Same Names

      Writer Danny Robbins on the perils of name sharing with famous fictional characters

      Duration: 03:31

Broadcast

  • Wed 20 Jun 2012 19:15

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