Idris Elba Plays Nelson Mandela
Winnie Mandela tells Idris Elba - 'I recognise my husband in you'
Idris Elba discusses the challenges of portraying Nelson Mandela onscreen and novelist Donna Tartt looks back at her 1992 breakthrough novel The Secret History. Steve McQueen, director of 12 Years A Slave, discusses working with his favourite actor Michael Fassbender, and Korean poet Ko Un talks about life as a monk, a suicidal drunk and a political prisoner. Also on the programme, the thriving Indian music scene that looks to the west instead of Bollywood, writer-director Doug McGrath on his new musical about legendary singer-songwriter Carole King and Indonesian pop and literary superstar Dewi Lestari talks spirituality and quantum physics.
(Photo: From left to right, Idris Elba (c) Carlos Alvarez/Getty, Steve McQueen (c) Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty, Donna Tartt (c) Bas Czerwinski/Getty
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Duration: 08:24
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The screenwriter and director talks about Beautiful: The Carole King Story
Duration: 05:52
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Duration: 02:10
Donna Tartt
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Duration: 07:11
Ko Un: The People's Poet
To mark the poet's 80th birthday Mike Greenwood explores his prolific output
Duration: 07:42
Dewi Lestari
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Duration: 04:28
Idris Elba
The actors talks about playing the late Nelson Mandela
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Greenwood Mississippi
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The Ska Vengers
Rough N' Mean
- Times Music.
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Carole King
It's Too Late
- Ode/Epic/Legacy.
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Hans Zimmer
Solomon
- Sony Music CMG.
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Prozpekt
Vijay
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Carole King
I Feel The Earth Move
- Ode/Epic/Legacy.
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Little Eva
The Locomotion
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Adele
Tired (Instrumental)
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Sorea
Seoul in Panic
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Maze
Southern Girl (feat. Frankie Beverley)
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CHUNG WOONG KOREAN TRADITIONAL MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Chongsong Jajinh
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Dewi Lestari
Hanya Isyarat
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U2
Ordinary Love
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Tom Waits
Way Down In The Hole
12 Years A Slave
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12 Years A聽Slave tells the true story of Solomon Northup who was kidnapped and sold into slavery.聽 (Image shows Michael Fassbender and Chiwetel Ejiofor)
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- Sun 12 Jan 2014 22:06GMT成人快手 World Service Online
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