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Damian Lewis and Daniel Evans on American Buffalo, Folk Singer Sam Lee, The Proms 2015

Damian Lewis and Daniel Evans discuss staging Mamet's American Buffalo, Larushka Ivan-Zadeh reviews A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, and news of this year's Proms.

Damian Lewis, best known for his Golden Globe-winning performance in TV thriller ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½land, has returned to the London stage to play Walter "Teach" Cole, a small-time crook planning a heist in David Mamet's American Buffalo. Damian Lewis and director Daniel Evans discuss staging this 1970s classic.

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, winner of the 2014 Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion Award, is the final part of Swedish director Roy Andersson's trilogy about what it means to be a human being. Larushka Ivan-Zadeh reviews.

Sam Lee discusses his new album The Fade in Time, every track of which is a song he has collected from Gypsy, Traveller and traditional singers. Sam has arranged these ancient songs with unusual instruments - including a Japanese Koto - archive recordings and all the resources of a modern recording studio, so how has he remained true to their spirit?

The line-up for this year's ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms is announced today. Fiona Maddocks of the Observer joins Kirsty to assess the 2015 offering, which includes celebrations of Nielsen, Sibelius and Boulez, a Prom dedicated to the mind of Sherlock Holmes, and the return of Marin Alsop to conduct the Last Night.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Olivia Skinner.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Damian Lewis and Daniel Evans

    Duration: 09:27

  • A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

    Duration: 04:19

  • The Proms 2015

    Duration: 05:29

  • Sam Lee

    Duration: 08:26

American Buffalo

American Buffalo

is at the Wyndham's Theatre in London until 27 June 2015.


Photos: main and left: John Goodman, Tom Sturridge and Damian Lewis in American Buffalo. Credit: Johan Persson.

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

is in cinemas from Friday 24 April, certificate 12A.


ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms 2015

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms 2015

The programme was announced earlier today, ticket booking opens on 16 May 2015.


Sam Lee

Sam Lee

The Fade in Time by & Friends is out now.


Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest Damian Lewis
Interviewed Guest Daniel Evans
Interviewed Guest Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Interviewed Guest Sam Lee
Interviewed Guest Fiona Maddocks
Producer Olivia Skinner

Broadcast

  • Thu 23 Apr 2015 19:16

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