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George Michael: Freedom, John Banville, Michael Fassbender, Performance art

Kate Mossman reviews George Michael - Freedom, John Banville discusses his latest novel, Mrs Osmond and Michael Fassbender talks about The Snowman.

Kate Mossman reviews George Michael: Freedom, the film George Michael was working when he died, in which he and a host of A-List names talk about his songs, his career, his relationships and his battles with the music industry.

The Irish writer John Banville is the highly acclaimed winner of the 2005 Man Booker Prize, The Sea. His novels include The Book of Evidence, Ghosts and now, Mrs Osmond. It's a sequel to Henry James' The Portrait of a Lady. That novel famously ends inconclusively: having travelled to England against her husband Gilbert Osmond's wishes to witness the death of her beloved cousin Ralph, we don't know if she'll return to her husband in Rome or shape some other future for herself. Banville talks about continuing her story and his debt to James.

When Tate Modern opened its new extension last year, for the first time the gallery had purpose built spaces for performance art, and as Fierce, the live art festival in Birmingham prepares to open, Front Row invited Aaron Wright, the festival's artistic director and Dr Claire MacDonald, co-founder of the arts journal Performance Research to discuss the current state of the performance art landscape.

Michael Fassbender, whose previous films include Hunger, 12 Years a Slave and Steve Jobs, discusses his role as Harry Hole in the film adaptation of Jo Nesbo's thriller The Snowman, in which he plays a detective on the hunt for a serial killer in Norway whose killing spree starts with the first snowfall.

Presenter: Stig Abell
Producer: Rebecca Armstrong.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • George Michael

    Duration: 05:59

  • John Banville

    Duration: 08:01

  • Performance Art

    Duration: 07:02

  • Michael Fassbender

    Duration: 06:42

Freedom - George Michael

Freedom - George Michael
George Michael
Photo credit: Channel 4
Freedom is on Channel 4 on
Mon 16 Oct at 9 pm

Main image: George Michael
Photo credit: Channel 4

John Banville

John Banville
John Banville

John Banville's new book Mrs Osmond is available now

Performance Art

Performance Art
Small Last Yearz
Photo credit:
Jamila Johnson-Small

in Birmingham runs from
16 - 22 Oct

Credits

Role Contributor
Interviewed Guest Kate Mossman
Interviewed Guest John Banville
Interviewed Guest Aaron Wright
Interviewed Guest Claire MacDonald
Interviewed Guest Michael Fassbender
Presenter Stig Abell
Producer Rebecca Armstrong

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  • Thu 12 Oct 2017 19:15

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