Patrick Kielty chats to actress Samantha Bond and actor Stephen Graham. 
Music Played
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John Lennon #9 Dream
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Ed Sheeran Drunk
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The Big Impact Music
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Johann Sebastian Bach Air: Suite No 3.
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The Divine Comedy Everybody Knows
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Kathy Kirby Secret Love
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Deep Blue Something Breakfast At Tiffany's
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Brussels Philharmonic Peppy And George
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Rachael Yamagata Starlight
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Daniel Evans & Company Putting It Together
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Four Tops Baby I Need Your Loving
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The Beautiful South Bell Bottomed Tear
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Kraftwerk Autobahn
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Don McLean Vincent
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THE 2012 BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS NOMINATIONS
Hosted by Stephen Fry, the BAFTA 2012 ceremony is at London’s Royal Opera House on February 12th.
BAFTA - Official Website
NOMINATIONS
Best Film
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Outstanding British Film
My Week with Marilyn
Senna
Shame
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Attack the Block – Joe Cornish
Black Pond – Will Sharpe (Director/Writer), Tom Kingsley (Director), Sarah Brocklehurst (Producer)
Coriolanus – Ralph Fiennes (Director)
Submarine – Richard Ayoade (Director/Writer)
Tyrannosaur – Paddy Considine (Director), Diarmid Scrimshaw (Producer)
Film Not In English
Icendies
Pina
Potiche
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
Documentary
George Harrison: Living In the Material World
Project Nim
Senna
Animated Film
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Arthur Christmas
Rango
Director
The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
Drive – Nicolas Winding Refn
Hugo – Martin Scorsese
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Tomas Alfredson
We Need To Talk About Kevin – Lynne Ramsay
Original Screenplay
The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Guard
The Iron Lady
Midnight in Paris
Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants
The Help
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Leading Actor
Brad Pitt – Moneyball
Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Clooney – The Descendants
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Michael Fassbender – Shame
Leading Actress
Bérénice Bejo – The Artist
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn
Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin
Viola Davis – The Help
Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer – Beginners
Jim Broadbent – The Iron Lady
Jonah Hill – Moneyball
Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Ides of March
Supporting Actress
Carey Mulligan – Drive
Jessica Chastain – The Help
Judi Dench – My Week with Marilyn
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
Octavia Spencer – The Help
Original Music
The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse
Cinematography
The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse
Editing
The Artist
Drive
Hugo
Senna
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Production Design
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse
Costume Design
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
My Week with Marilyn
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Make Up & Hair
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Hugo
The Iron Lady
My Week with Marilyn
Sound
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse
Special Visual Effects
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
Hugo
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
War Horse
Short Animation
Abuelas
Bobby Yeah
A Morning Stroll
Short Film
Chalk
Mwansa the Great
Only Sound Remains
Pitch Black Heist
Two and Two
Rising Star Award (public vote)
Adam Deacon
Chris Hemsworth
Chris O’Dowd
Eddie Redmayne
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BAYLEN LEONARD'S 6 ARTISTIC EVENTS TO ENJOY THIS YEAR
Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad and West Side Story. Part of the World Shakespeare festival.
World Shakespeare Festival - Official Website
Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad: reset in contemporary Iraq, where sectarian strife between Sunni and Shia ignited and fuelled from the outside has left the population exhausted by a cycle of violence and revenge. This is an Iraqi Theatre Production in Arabic with English subtitles.
West Side Story: A full-scale production of Bernstein’s West Side Story with new choreography and features the Northern Sinfonia Orchestra of The Sage Gateshead, conducted by renowned conductor and musical director John Wilson. -
The Titanic Belfast Festival
These events will mark the opening of the multi million pound Titanic Belfast attraction and commemoration services on the 100th anniversary of the ship’s sinking. There's a range of plays, tours, talks, films and major musical events all positioning Belfast as the 'home' of Titanic. In total there are around 120 events for everyone to enjoy.
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The Hofesh Shechter Dance Tour
One of the most exciting choreographers currently producing new work in the world today takes
Hofesh Schecter - Official Website
2 of his most startling works on a tour of the UK after returning from South Korea and Taiwan. -
Peter Maxwell Davies’ 9th Symphony - The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Witness a landmark in the history of British music, as Master of the Queen’s Music Sir Peter Maxwell Davies reaches his own Ninth Symphony. Dedicated to the Queen as a Diamond Jubilee tribute, and commissioned by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, The symphony will be
The Royal Philharmonic - Official Website
inspired by the events of her long reign. -
The Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art
Packed with events, talks and tours as well as major world class exhibitions, some by artists
The Glasgow International Festival - Official Website
living in the city and others by leading international figures. The GI Festival offers a unique
moment in the British cultural calendar and presents Glasgow’s art scene at its liveliest and
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The Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival
A gathering of fans and choirs sing aboard the historic ship The Matthew and at the Trelissick Garden. The Falmouth Sea Shanty festival is the largest free festival of maritime music on the planet.
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Actress, Sophie Thompson - 10/02/12
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Nigerian poet, Inua Ellams - 10/02/12
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INUA ELLAMS POEMS
Dear Tina,
The day I discovered how she survived the civil war,
how she saw her friends pass like minutes into oblivion,
how she screamed through drop zones and Morse codes
into jungle, dodging bullets, hiding and crying into rain,
The day I discovered my grandfather heard her wailing,
felt something enough to move him after her, in darkness,
through rain, how her eyes, found in the flickering bounce
of hurricane lamps, showed a place so pure, he sailed her
Away to the embrace of Paris, the kiss of Rome, the world
with its wide welcoming dome. The day I discovered this,
why she called him hero, she died. Peacefully, 90 years old.
He followed an hour after, again into darkness.
All those years, he never let go. That day, I realised we live
in different worlds; friends pass too fast for minutes, wars
come after X Factor, turtle dove romances exist in the past.
But I will send one sentence to you. One text message
screaming through wifi zones, digital codes, dodging
ones and zeros, like bullets and anti-heroes, promising
If ever you’re lost in this urban jungle,
i'll find and bring you in from the rain.
Portrait of Prometheus: As a basketball player
His layup starts from mountains
not with landslide, rumble or some gorgon clash of titans, but as shadow-fall across stream
some thief in the night black Christ
type stealth.
In the nights before this,
his name, whispered in small circles, muttered by demigods and goddesses, spread rebellious,
rough on the tongues of whores and queens,pillows pressed between thighs, moaning.
Men will call him father, son or king of the court. His stride will ripple oceans,feet whip crack quick, his back will scar, hunched over, a silent storm about him.
Both hands blurred, scorched, bleeding;you see nothing but sparks splash off his palms, hear nothing but breeze beneath his shuck ‘n’ jive towards the basket carved of darkness, net of soil and stars.
Fearing nothing of passing from legend to myth, he fakes left, crossover, dribbles down
the line, soars an eagle chained
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Kraftwerk: Radio-Activity
To commemorate thirty years since Kraftwerk's 'The Model' went to number one in the UK chart, BBC 6 Music pays tribute to this influential, but secretive German group.
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THE TOUR GUIDE'S GUIDE TO ART - THE BEATRIX POTTER GALLERY
Manager John Moffat tells us about his favourite exhibit at the Beatrix Potter Gallery.
Find out more about Beatrix Potter Gallery
“The original artwork by Beatrix Potter from her ‘little white books’ is absolutely wonderful and is the main draw for our visitors. The exhibition, artwork and other memorabilia changes every year – but I’ve picked something a little different. This simple cupboard door has signatures from the clerks and other staff who worked here when it was the solicitor’s office, dating back for decades, a reminder of a life that existed before the current use. Fascinating to read and wonder about them.”
Broadcasts
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BBC Radio 2Fri 10 Feb 2012 22:00 BBC Radio 2
Free download
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Radio 2 Arts Show with Claudia Winkleman
Claudia Winkleman’s weekly feast of the finest offerings from Film, Theatre, Arts, TV and Music....
