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Patricia Cornwell, X Japan, Tom Hiddleston

Patricia Cornwell joins Nikki in the studio for this week's programme

Patricia Cornwell, the best-selling American crime writer, joins Nikki Bedi in the studio for this week鈥檚 programme. Talking about her new book Ripper- The Secret Life of Walter Sickert, Cornwell outlines her case for claiming that the British artist Walter Sickert had a secret life, killing prostitutes in London in the 1880s. The murderer known as Jack the Ripper was never identified.

British film star Tom Hiddleston talks about the importance and the strain of doing media interviews. We hear from American film director Paul Verhoeven about why Hollywood鈥檚 finest turned down the lead in Elle and which he eventually made in the original French starring Isabelle Huppert. Dorthe Nors, the Danish writer discusses the importance of a good translation now that her books are being published in English.

X Japan鈥檚 founder Yoshiki reveals how he feels about the new documentary We are X which charts 30 turbulent years of the Japanese heavy metal band鈥檚 history.

Presenter Nikki Bedi is joined by Patricia Cornwell in the studio and writer and film critic Agn猫s Poirier in Paris

(Photo shows: Patricia Cornwell (c) Thomas & Mercer, Yoshiki (c) Jason Merritt/Getty Images, Tom Hiddleston (c) Chuck Zlotrick/Warner Bros Entertainment Inc.)

50 minutes

Last on

Tue 14 Mar 2017 02:06GMT

Agn猫s Poirie

Agn猫s Poirie
Agn猫s Poirier is a French film critic, writer and commentator

Broadcasts

  • Sun 12 Mar 2017 15:06GMT
  • Mon 13 Mar 2017 09:06GMT
  • Mon 13 Mar 2017 12:06GMT
  • Mon 13 Mar 2017 23:06GMT
  • Tue 14 Mar 2017 02:06GMT