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Radio 4,24 Jan 2026,5 mins

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Claire Foy is an actor who’s enjoyed great success playing two queens, one of whom enjoyed a significantly longer reign than the other, as Anne Boleyn and Queen Elizabeth II. Before going to see her in her new film, an adaptation of Helen Macdonald’s fabulous memoir, H is for Hawk - what better way to understand the woman behind the camera lens that hearing the music most important to her. Inherited: When You Were Sweet 16 by Perry Como Passing on: Blóðberg by Sigur Rós Producers: Ben Mitchell and Anna Bailey

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