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Comedian John Bishop on his life story inspiring a Hollywood movie

Comedian John Bishop on his life story inspring a Hollywood movie, a new theatre training scheme for GPs, writer Jamila Gavin and poet Karen Solie on their recent literary awards.

Comedian John Bishop on how his life story inspired Bradley Cooper's new movie, Is This Thing On? starring Will Arnett and Laura Dern.

Hull Truck Theatre has just won the Innovation prize at the Stage Awards for their new training scheme for GPs. Associate Director Tom Saunders and GP Dr Eman Shamsaee discuss why drama classes are helping doctors treat patients.

Writer Jamila Gavin on winning the Children's Fiction category of the Nero Book Awards with her World War One-set novel My Soul, A Shining Tree.

Poet Karen Solie discusses scooping this year's TS Eliot Prize - at £25,000 it's the biggest prize in the British poetry world.

Presenter: NIck Ahad
Producer: Ekene Akalawu

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