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Bill Nighy, and Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In

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Last broadcast on Tue, 23 Aug 2011, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4.

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Episode image for Bill Nighy, and Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In

With Mark Lawson.

Actor Bill Nighy looks back over his career including Love Actually, and in particular his latest role as a spy working for the British government in David Hare's new TV thriller Page Eight.

Pedro Almodóvar's new film The Skin I Live In is the story of an inventive plastic surgeon who creates an indestructible synthetic skin. Sarah Churchwell reviews.

And bestselling Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbø, whose highly-acclaimed novels feature Detective Harry Hole, discusses his latest book Headhunters, and how as a crime writer he views the recent tragic events in Norway.

Producer Jerome Weatherald.

Bill Nighy

Page Eight starring Bill Nighy, written and directed by David Hare, is on Sunday 28 August on BBC 2 at 9pm.

The Skin I Live In

The Skin I Live In opens in cinemas across the UK on Friday, certificate 15.

Headhunters

Headhunters by Jo Nesbø is published in paperback on 1 September.

Chapters

  1. One Day

    1. Chapter 1

      Suzanne Moore reviews the film of David Nicholl's best selling novel, One Day.

  2. Northumberlandia

    1. Chapter 2

      Mark Lawson visits landscape sculpture Northumberlandia

  3. Nicholson Baker

    1. Chapter 3

      Mark Lawson talks to American novelist Nicholson Baker

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  1. Tue 23 Aug 2011
    19:15

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