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Jack O'Connell; Emma Donoghue's Queer Icon; Diana, Our Mother; Jules Buckley

Jack O'Connell on his role in Tennessee Williams's play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; novelist Emma Donoghue chooses her Queer Icon; conductor Jules Buckley looks ahead to his two Proms.

Jack O'Connell, who starred in the TV series Skins, and on the big screen in Starred Up, '71 and Unbroken, discusses his latest role as Brick in Tennessee Williams's classic play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Tomorrow the conductor Jules Buckley will perform the first of his two BBC Proms 2017. Buckley - who founded The Heritage Orchestra and in 2015 performed The Ibiza Prom in conjunction with Radio 1's Pete Tong - discusses this year's works which will be taking their inspiration from Scott Walker and Charles Mingus.

For our Queer Icons series, best-selling novelist Emma Donoghue champions Patricia Rozema's film, I've Heard the Mermaids Singing.

Plus, Ashley Gething is the producer/director of the much talked about television film Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy, in which Princes William and Harry give a rare interview about their mother Diana Princess of Wales who died 20 years ago. Ashley explains how the programme came about, and the insight it gives into how the Princes coped with her death.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Jerome Weatherald
(Main Image: Jack O'Connell as Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Photographer credit: Johan Persson).

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Jack O’Connell

    Duration: 09:54

  • Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy

    Duration: 04:35

  • Queer Icons - Emma Donoghue

    Duration: 04:30

  • Jules Buckley

    Duration: 08:44

Jack O’Connell

Jack O’Connell

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, starring Jack O'Connell and Sienna Miller, is on at the Apollo Theatre in London until 7 October 2017.

Image: John Wilson with Jack O’Connell in the Front Row Studio, 21 July 2017. 

Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy

Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy

Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy celebrating the life and work of Diana, Princess of Wales, in the 20th year since she died, is broadcast on Monday 24 Jul 2017 9.00pm - 10.30pm on ITV.
Image: HRH Prince Harry and HRH The Duke of Cambridge. Credit: Oxford Films.


Emma Donoghue’s Queer Icon

Emma Donoghue’s Queer Icon

Emma Donoghue chooses Patricia Rozema's 1987 film ‘I've Heard the Mermaids Singing’. Click here for more Queer Icons.

Image: Emma Donoghue

Jules Buckley

Jules Buckley

Jules Buckley conducts the Heritage Orchestra with special guests Jarvis Cocker, John Grant and Richard Hawley celebrating the song writer Scott Walker, as part of the BBC Proms.
Image: Jules Buckley. Credit: Suki Dhanda, May 2017

Credits

RoleContributor
Interviewed GuestJack O'Connell
Interviewed GuestJules Buckley
Interviewed GuestEmma Donoghue
Interviewed GuestAshley Gething
PresenterJohn Wilson
ProducerJerome Weatherald

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  • Mon 24 Jul 201719:15

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