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Sam Mendes on Judi Dench
The director recalls the first time he worked with the actress, when he was 24.
  1. Sam Mendes on Judi Dench
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    Sam Mendes on Judi Dench
  2. Animals deserve a decent existence up to when they are eaten
    01:31
    Animals deserve a decent existence up to when they are eaten
  3. Stephen Frears on the Oscars diversity row
    00:52
    Stephen Frears on the Oscars diversity row
  4. The Habit of Light by Gillian Clarke
    02:10
    The Habit of Light by Gillian Clarke
  5. Russell T Davies on young women and suicide
    00:42
    Russell T Davies on young women and suicide
  6. Jeanette Winterson explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’
    05:07
    Jeanette Winterson explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’
  7. O for a muse of fire
    02:37
    O for a muse of fire
  8. Marlon James reads from A Brief History of Seven Killings
    10:32
    Marlon James reads from A Brief History of Seven Killings
  9. Julian Clary and illustrator David Roberts on drawing a hyena
    03:30
    Julian Clary and illustrator David Roberts on drawing a hyena
  10. Claire Harman reads an extract from her book Charlotte Brontë: A Life
    05:41
    Claire Harman reads an extract from her book Charlotte Brontë: A Life
  11. What Shakespeare and today's soap opera writers have in common
    01:37
    What Shakespeare and today's soap opera writers have in common
  12. Joan Bakewell reads from her memoir, Stop the Clocks
    02:46
    Joan Bakewell reads from her memoir, Stop the Clocks
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