Sgt. Pepper at 50; Jimmy McGovern; RIBA North
Sgt. Pepper at 50: Heading For Home arts festival; Jimmy McGovern on his new drama about a maverick priest; RIBA North, the new national architectural centre in Liverpool.
For the bank holiday, Samira is in Liverpool for the art premieres celebrating the 50th anniversary of the release of the album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. She meets Sean Doran, the co-artistic director of the Sgt. Pepper at 50: Heading for Home arts festival, as he transforms the city into a turntable for the album by commissioning 13 world premieres - one for for each track.
Samira also meets two of the artists commissioned to come up with their interpretation of these classic Beatles songs: singer and performance artist Meow Meow has taken on Lovely Rita and is creating a street procession and a sound installation; and dramatist Keith Saha has written a new play inspired by the themes of She's Leaving Home, which will be performed in private homes in Toxteth.
Distinguished television writer Jimmy McGovern has written a new drama for BBC One, Broken, which looks at the life of a priest, Father Michael Kerrigan, played by Sean Bean, as he struggles to minister to a poor community. Jimmy takes Samira to St Francis Xavier church in Liverpool where much of the new television drama was filmed, and which has long inspired him.
And RIBA North is the new national architectural centre in Liverpool. As it finally prepares to open, Samira pays a visit to the new building on the city's waterfront which itself has been the subject of controversy, and arrives in Liverpool at a time when the city's architectural plans have led to it being placed on UNESCO's World Heritage in Danger list.
Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Ekene Akalawu.
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Sean Doran
Duration: 04:58
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Meow Meow
Duration: 02:52
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Keith Saha
Duration: 05:48
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Jimmy McGovern
Duration: 07:33
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RIBA North
Duration: 07:07
Sgt Pepper at 50
Photo credit: The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Vinyl Album inset
Main image shows Samira Ahmed and Jimmy McGovern
Meow Meow
Photo credit: Karl Giant
10 June — 11 June Procession down Hope Street, Liverpool
She's Leaving Home
Keith Saha's play She’s Leaving Home will be performed in private homes in Toxteth from Thurs 1 June – Weds 14 June
Photo credit: Brodie Arthur in She's Leaving Home by 20 Stories High
Sean Doran
Sgt. Pepper at 50: Heading for Home arts festival
Jimmy McGovern
Broken begins on BBC One on 30 May at 9 pm
RIBA North
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Samira Ahmed |
| Interviewed Guest | Sean Doran |
| Interviewed Guest | Meow Meow |
| Interviewed Guest | Keith Saha |
| Interviewed Guest | Jimmy McGovern |
| Interviewed Guest | Suzy Jones |
| Interviewed Guest | Joseph Sharples |
| Producer | Ekene Akalawu |
Broadcast
- Mon 29 May 2017 19:15BBC Radio 4
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