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yes, do you need to...? take your jacket off. hello, im john wilson, welcome to this cultural life, the radio four podcast, in which i ask leading creative figures to reveal the key moments in their life, and the most important cultural works that fired their own artistic imagination. my guest is director, screenwriter and playwright mike leigh. hes known for gritty social dramas, including vera drake and secrets and lies. domestic comedies, like life is sweet and happy—go—lucky, a...

hello, im john wilson, welcome to this cultural life, the radio four podcast, in which i ask leading creative figures to reveal the key moments in their life, and the most important cultural works that fired their own artistic imagination. my guest is director, screenwriter and playwright mike leigh. hes known for gritty social dramas, including vera drake and secrets and lies. domestic comedies like life is sweet and happy—go—lucky, and historical stories, including mr turner and ...

this cultural life. lets take you to the beginning. whats your earliest cultural memory? as a kid, we had, iwas exposed to pantomime, live theatre of various thoughts, circus, the circus was a big deal, variety, live variety, descendants of the music hall, including at the age of nine a trip to the ardwick hippodrome to see laurel and hardy live on stage on the famous tour, which i later realised was the famous tour, and the two important things about that were one, two extraordinary t...

the first asian mp in scotland. he trained as a dentist but then he returned to the family business — politics. anas sarwar, welcome to political thinking. my pleasure, thanks for having us. now which is more frightening, waiting for the dentist drill or waiting for the verdict of the electorate? definitely waiting for the verdict of the electorate. i mean, the great thing about dentistry is that you get to be in complete control about, you know... the dentist always asks the awkward...

despite my relative ignorance, total ignorance about the traitors. i have still not found my tie, though. have you not? no. but the merit of losing it — and, actually, i think it was worth losing it for this — is that i briefly got to go on scott mills�* show on radio 2. 0h, 0k. because he asked me, well, where is your tie, have you found it? so i sent him a little voice note saying, you know — and this is still true as we record now — i dont know where it has gone. and the r...

To the broadcasters. Im getting soaking here. Come on, hurry up. So am i there has been a Coronation Plan for years but, in recent days and weeks, things have intensified. Im just trying to fine tune balance it. Knowing an event on this scale has to be perfect, even ensuring Buckingham Palace is properly dressed. March plays we are the very front horse of the entire kings procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey and then back again safely. Its absolutely incredible. Its not only a ...

the excitement is building in liverpool as last minute preparations are made for the eurovision song contest final. the uks entry will be the last of the 26 acts to perform. now on bbc news, the kings coronation service. trumpet fanfare you can plan for everything, except at the weather. this is operation golden orb in action. the code name used for the kings coronation by those planning it from buckingham palace to the broadcaster. i am getting soaking here, come on! hurry up! there h...

to the broadcasters. im getting soaking here. come on, hurry up. so am i! there has been a coronation plan for years but, in recent days and weeks, things have intensified... im just trying to fine—tune—balance it. ..knowing an event on this scale has to be perfect, even ensuring buckingham palace is properly dressed. march plays we are the very front horse of the entire kings procession from buckingham palace to westminster abbey and then back again safely. its absolutely incredib...

for the kings coronation by those planning it, from buckingham palace to the broadcasters. im getting soaking here. come on, hurry up. so am i! there has been a coronation plan for years but, in recent days and weeks, things have intensified... im just trying to fine—tune—balance it. ..knowing an event on this scale has to be perfect, even ensuring buckingham palace is properly dressed. march plays. we are the very front horse of the entire kings procession from buckingham palace t...

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