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Harry Potter, The Carer, Baz Luhrmann's The Get Down, Clive James, The Knives

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Brian Cox in The Carer, Baz Luhrmann's hip hop Netflix series The Get Down, Clive James' box set book Play All, The Knives by Richard T Kelly.

Harry Potter and The Cursed Child is London's biggest theatre event of 2016 and probably the decade. J K Rowling revisits her famed creations 19 years after the books ended.
Brian Cox plays a revered aging actor at the end of his career and possibly his life in The Carer; a British comedy about fame, mortality, love and incontinence
Film director Baz Luhrmann's has a Netflix TV series The Get Down which dramatises the origins of hip hop
Clive James' latest book is about the phenomenon of the Box Set. Called Play All, it examines the joys and problems of binge-watching
The Knives by Richard T Kelly is a novel set in the corridors of power; following a 成人快手 Secretary dealing with matters of domestic terror and family discord
Sarah Crompton's guests are Bidisha, Rosie Goldsmith and Benedict Nightingale. The Producer is Oliver Jones.

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45 minutes

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

is at the Palace Theatre in London.

Photo credit: 聽Manuel Harlan


The Carer

The Carer

The Carer is in cinemas now, certificate 15.聽

The Get Down

The Get Down

will be available on Netflix from Friday 12 August.


Clive James

Clive James

Play All: A Bingewatcher's Notebook by is available in hardback now.


Richard T Kelly

Richard T Kelly

The Knives by is available in paperback and ebook now. 聽

The photo credit is聽Caroline O'Dwyer.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Sarah Crompton
Interviewed Guest Bidisha
Interviewed Guest Rosie Goldsmith
Interviewed Guest Benedict Nightingale
Producer Oliver Jones

Broadcast

  • Sat 6 Aug 2016 19:15

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