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Radio 3,12 Jun 2013,45 mins

Much Ado About Nothing, Sweet Bird of Youth, Education

Night Waves

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Samira Ahmed talks to Joss Whedon, creator of the cult TV hit Buffy The Vampire Slayer, whose new film is a modern dress version of Much Ado About Nothing. Marianne Elliott talks about her new production of Tennessee Williams's play Sweet Bird of Youth, starring Kim Cattrall as a Hollywood leading lady whose youth is fading. Radio 3 New Generation Thinker Greg Tate looks back to a famous debate on Education between Matthew Arnold and T.H. Huxley which throws an interesting light on the current over-heated discussions about what our children should be taught. That's Night Waves, tonight at 10pm with Samira Ahmed, here on Radio 3.

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