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Last broadcast on Tue, 21 Sep 2010, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
BAFTA award-winning sitcom The Inbetweeners follows four sixth-form friends attempting to navigate the minefield of suburban Comprehensive education, with their hormones at full blast. Co-creator Damon Beesley reveals the sources of the horrible embarrassments suffered by the hapless males at the heart of his show.
Playwright Simon Stephens discusses his play Punk Rock which features young actors playing bored and violent A-Level students preparing for their mock exams.
Confucius and True Legend - two very different Chinese films - are released in Britain this week: Confucius stars Chow Yun-fat as the Chinese philosopher. The director of photography, Peter Pau won an Oscar for his work on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. True Legend is a martial-arts extravaganza which features the first 3D kung fu sequences in a Chinese film. Shirong Chen, China editor of the BBC's Chinese Service reviews them.
The sculptor Peter Randall-Page talks about managing his artistic career as he unveils a sculpture commissioned by the Art Fund to mark the bicentenary of Dulwich Picture Gallery in 2011.
Producer: Gavin Heard.
The Inbetweeners
Main picture shows: The Inbetweeners
The Inbetweeners continues Mondays at 10pm on E4 and Fridays at 10.50pm on Channel 4.
Series 3 and the box set of series 1 to 3 are released on DVD on 25 October.
Confucius and True Legend
Confucius and True Legend are both released nationwide on Friday 24 September.
Walking The Dog
Walking The Dog is on display in the grounds of Dulwich Picture Gallery.
His work is on show at the Purdy Hicks Gallery until 6 October and at the Jerwood Space.
Punk Rock
Picture shows: Punk Rock
Photo credit: Helen Maylands
Punk Rock opens at the Sheffield Lyceum Theatre 21 – 25 September.
Tel: 0114 249 6000
Punk Rock
King’s Theatre Edinburgh
28 September – 2 October.
Tel: 0131 529 6000
Punk Rock
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
5 – 9 October.
Tel: 0121 236 4455
Punk Rock
Devonshire Park Theatre
12 – 16 October
Tel: 01323 412000
Punk Rock
Salisbury Playhouse
19 – 23 October.
Tel: 01722 320 333.
Punk Rock
Theatre Royal Plymouth
26 – 30 October.
Tel: 01752 267222
Punk Rock
Oxford Playhouse
2 – 6 November.
Tel: 01865 305305
Punk Rock
Curve Theatre
09 – 13 November.
Tel: 0116 242 3595
Punk Rock
Warwick Arts Centre
16 – 20 November.
Tel: 024 7652 4524
Chapters
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Chapter 1
Inbetweeners co-creator Damon Beesley reveals the sources of the horrible embarrassments suffered by the hapless young males at the heart of his show.
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
Shirong Chen, editor of the BBC's Chinese Service reviews two very different Chinese films, one about the life of the philosopher Confucius, the other a 3D martial-arts extravangaza.
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Chapter 4
The sculptor Peter Randall-Page talks about Walking The Dog, his sculpture designed to mark the bicentenary of Dulwich Picture Gallery.
Broadcast
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Tue 21 Sep 201019:15
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