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Venus in Fur; Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti; The Normal Heart; Michael Cunningham

Kirsty Lang reviews Venus in Fur, the new film from Roman Polanski, and interviews novelist Michael Cunningham and Sikh playwright Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti.

Kirsty Lang discusses Venus in Fur, the new film by Roman Polanksi; playwright Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, whose 2001 play Bezhti was pulled from theatres after rioting, on her new work for the Birmingham Rep Theatre - Khandan - about cultural clashes in a modern Sikh family; Boyd Hilton reviews HBO / Sky Atlantic drama The Normal Heart, starring Julia Roberts as a doctor dealing with the AIDs crisis in 80s New York; and author Michael Cunningham (The Hours), who has based the characters in his new novel The Snow Queen on real-life friends.

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Tue 27 May 2014 19:15
BBC Radio 4

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  • Venus in Fur reviewed by Briony Hanson

    Duration: 04:25

  • Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti

    Duration: 09:05

  • The Normal Heart reviewed by Boyd Hilton

    Duration: 05:01

  • Michael Cunningham

    Duration: 08:47

Michael Cunningham

Michael Cunningham
Kirsty Lang talks to author Michael Cunningham (The Hours), who has based the characters in his new novel The Snow Queen on real-life friends.

The Normal Heart

The Normal Heart
Boyd Hilton reviews HBO / Sky Atlantic drama The Normal Heart, starring Julia Roberts as a doctor dealing with the AIDs crisis in 80s New York.

Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti

Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti
Playwright Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, whose 2001 play Bezhti was pulled from theatres after rioting, talks about her new work for the Birmingham Rep Theatre - Khandan - about cultural clashes in a modern Sikh family.

Venus in Fur

Kirsty Lang discusses Venus in Fur, the new film by Roman Polanksi.

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Presenter Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest Michael Cunningham
Interviewed Guest Boyd Hilton
Interviewed Guest Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti

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  • Tue 27 May 2014 19:15
    BBC Radio 4

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