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World Service,21 Mar 2026,48 mins

Ryan Gosling on his role in Project Hail Mary

The Arts Hour

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Nikki Bedi is joined by critic Hanna Flint to discuss cultural highlights of the week: Canadian actor and Hollywood star Ryan Gosling on his role as a reluctant astronaut in the sci-fi adventure movie, Project Hail Mary. British artist Dame Tracey Emin, famous for her raw, confessional works... talks about her retrospective exhibition, A Second Life and why she is more relevant today, than ever. Chinese British author Jung Chang recommends a book of Danish fairytales and tells us why. Oscar winning Irish actor Cillian Murphy discusses reprising his role as Thomas Shelby in the Peaky Blinders movie, The Immortal Man. Macedonian filmmaker Georgi M Unkovski talks to Nikki Bedi about his latest film DJ Ahmet...which has Electronic Dance Music and sheep. Nigerian singer and musician Seun Kuti talks about liberation music and his father Fela Kuti’s legacy. And the Oscar winning cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw on breaking into a male dominated industry. Photo Credit: Getty Images

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