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Game of Thrones at the RSC first night review

Game of Thrones at the RSC first night review, plus conductor Marin Alsop on what makes American classical music sound American.

What's the Royal Shakespeare Company's much anticipated stage adaptation of Game of Thrones like? Critics Boyd Hilton and Kate Maltby give their verdict.

Conductor Marin Alsop on what makes American classical music sound American, ahead of her American Classics Prom on 24 August.

TS Eliot Prize-winning poet Anthony Joseph discusses his new collection, Haunting the Black Air, which journeys from the Trinidad of his childhood to the dancefloors of New York.

And following the news of the death of the music producer William Orbit, Kate Hutchinson discusses his career, including his work on Madonna's Ray of Light album.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Andrea Kidd

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