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31/03/2010

Duration:
30 minutes
First broadcast:
Wednesday 31 March 2010

Jenny Agutter remembers filming The Railway Children when she was 17, as a restored print of the film is released to mark its 40th anniversary.

Rufus Wainwright talks about his new album and discusses the recent death of his mother, the folk singer Kate McGarrigle. He also reveals his musical exchanges with his singer-songwriter sister Martha and father Loudon Wainwright.

John Wilson meets the sculptor Anish Kapoor who reveals his towering plan for a major new public landmark in the London 2012 Olympic Park.

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  • RUFUS WAINWRIGHT

    Rufus Wainwright talks about his new album, All Days Are Nights - Songs for Lulu, and discusses the recent death of his mother, folk singer Kate McGarrigle.

  • ANISH KAPOOR - OLYMPIC TOWER

    Sculptor Anish Kapoor reveals his towering plan for a major new public landmark in the London 2012 Olympic Park.

  • JENNY AGUTTER

    To mark its 40th anniversary, Jenny Agutter reminisces about when she was in The Railway Children, aged 17.

  • JENNY AGUTTER

    JENNY AGUTTER

    The Railway Children: 40th Anniversary is in cinemas from 2 April 2010, and on DVD and Blu-ray 3 May 2010, Certificate U.

    Jenny Agutter

  • RUFUS WAINWRIGHT

    RUFUS WAINWRIGHT

    Rufus Wainwright's opera Prima Donna is at Sadler's Wells in London 12th -17th April.

    His latest CD, All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu, is released on Monday 5 April 2010.

    Rufus Wainwright

  • ANISH KAPOOR - OLYMPIC TOWER

    ANISH KAPOOR - OLYMPIC TOWER

    Anish Kapoor's plan for a major new public landmark in the London 2012 Olympic Park.

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