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Appropriate Adult; Ralph Fiennes; A.N. Wilson

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Last broadcast on Wed, 31 Aug 2011, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4 (FM only).

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Dominic West stars in a new ITV drama Appropriate Adult, about the serial killer Fred West. Using transcripts of police interviews with West, the two-part drama focuses on his relationship with Janet Leach (Emily Watson), the volunteer brought in by the police to sit in on the interviews. Crime writer Natasha Cooper reviews.

Ralph Fiennes discusses his role as Prospero in Trevor Nunn's new production of The Tempest. The actor, who plays Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter films, also reveals that he is hoping young Potter fans might be lured to watch Shakespeare.

The award-winning biographer and a novelist A N Wilson talks about his new history of the Elizabethan Age.

Producer: Jack Soper.

Appropriate Adult

Appropriate Adult begins at 9pm on Sunday 4 September 2011 on ITV1

Appropriate Adult

The Tempest

The Tempest is at The Theatre Royal Haymarket, London

Theatre Royal, Haymarket

The Elizabethans

The Elizabethans by A.N. Wilson is available in hardback from Thursday 1 September 2011

A N Wilson

Chapters

  1. Ralph Fiennes

    1. Chapter 1

      Mark Lawson talks to actor Ralph Fiennes about his stage and screen roles

  2. Appropriate Adult

    1. Chapter 2

      Natasha Cooper reviews Appropriate Adult - a drama about Fred West

  3. A N Wilson

    1. Chapter 3

      Author A N Wilson talks to Mark Lawson about his new book, The Elizabethans

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  1. Wed 31 Aug 2011
    19:15

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