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Kate Winslet; The Trip to Italy; Timur Vermes; Lord of the Flies

Kate Winslet on playing an arch villain in new film Divergent; author Timur Vermes about his satire featuring with Hitler as a stand-up; Lord of the Flies as a dance production.

On Front Row tonight Kirsty Lang talks to Kate Winslet about her new film Divergent - aimed at young adults she plays an arch villain in a dystopian future and she explains why making the film made her feel old; and Kirsty meets German author Timur Vermes who's written a best-selling satire depicting Hitler as a present day celebrity after awakening from a 66-year sleep in 2011.

There's a review of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's new tv series The Trip to Italy and we go backstage at rehearsals for Matthew Bourne's new dance production of Lord of the Flies in Salford.

Plus - as a rail design exhibition opens at the National Railway Museum in York and RIBA shortlists entrants in their aesthetic overhead line structures competition, we consider the design of rail-gantries past and present.

Producer : Dymphna Flynn.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Kate Winslet

    Kirsty Lang talks to Kate Winslet about her new film Divergent

    Duration: 07:01

  • The Trip To Italy

    Rosie Swash reviews Steve Coogan's and Rob Brydon's new tv series The Trip to Italy

    Duration: 04:33

  • Timur Vermes

    German author Timur Vermes talks about his best-selling satire depicting Hitler

    Duration: 06:18

  • Aesthetic Overhead Line Structures

    Hugh Pearman considers the design of rail-gantries past and present

    Duration: 03:56

  • Lord of the Flies

    Colin Paterson reports on Matthew Bourne's new dance production of Lord of the Flies

    Duration: 05:59

Divergent

starring Kate Winslet is released in UK cinemas on Friday 4 April, certificate 12A.

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies
is on at听The Lowry, Salford from Wednesday 2nd听until Saturday 5th April 2014. The show then goes on tour around the UK, please see the .

The Trip To Italy

The Trip To Italy

starts this Friday 4 April 2014 at 22:00 on 成人快手 Two.

Image Credit: Crescenzo Mazza/Revolution Films

Timur Vermes

Timur Vermes

Look Who's Back written by Timur Vermes is published by MacLehose Press on Thursday 3 April 2014.

Image Credit: missBehaviour

Aesthetic Overhead Line Structures

To find out more information on the competition for Aesthetic Overhead Line Structures please visit the . The Aesthetic Overhead Line Structures exhibition is in the Great Hall at the until Monday 12 May.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest Kate Winslet
Interviewed Guest Timur Vermes
Producer Dymphna Flynn

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  • Wed 2 Apr 2014 19:15

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