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| Archive On 4 | ...LEE HALL, writer of Billy Elliot and The Pitmen Painters, uncovers a hidden history of English poetry. Stretching back to the Dark Ages and emerging in 1960s Newcastle, Lee reveals an alternative tradition of English poetry as the preserve of ordinary working people.... |
| Aunt Julia And The Scriptwriter | ...LEE HALL's six-part dramatisation of Mario Vargas Llosa's comic novel. 1: The young Mario finds his life turned upside down when two characters from Bolivia enter his life. With Tom Hollander, Siobhan Redmond and John Sessions. Director Sally Avens ... |
| Blood Sugar | ...LEE HALL (Author)... |
| Child Of Our Time | ...Five dramas about children from around the world. 2: `Child of the Snow: Matti's Story' by LEE HALL. The story of a 14-year-old Sami, or Lapp, the last nomadic tribe in Europe, living 250 miles inside the Arctic Circle. Matti is a modern boy, who loves messing about with computers and hates pollution, drugs and Ginger Spice. With Ben Tibber. Director: Kate Rowland ... |
| Dance Saves Lives! | ...Andrew O'hagan, the Booker nominated writer, was a scholarship student with Scottish ballet. It was his first way into peace and quiet. Philip Moseley, who went from South Yorkshire to the Royal Ballet, was inspirational to the writer, LEE HALL, author of Billy Elliot. They talk about what really happens to working class ballet boys.... |
| Elaine Paige On Sunday | ...Elaine Paige celebrates the music of Broadway, Hollywood and the West End. This week's Essential Musical is the multi-award-winning Billy Elliot, inspired by the movie by LEE HALL ... |
| Front Row | ...Pride and Prejudice continues to fascinate film-makers. Mark Lawson talks to LEE HALL, who is working on a new adaptation, and Gurinder Chadha, director of Bride and Prejudice.... |
| God's Country | ...By LEE HALL, dramatised in four parts. Jimmy Spud is Newcastle's only trainee angel, determined to solve cosmic mysteries and save his father from the grip of lung cancer. A play about poverty, illness, love and redemption. 1: `I Luv U, Jimmy Spud'. With Gareth Brown and Charlie Hardwick. Director Kate Rowland.... |
| Gristle | ...By LEE HALL. Peter returns home to poverty in Newcastle, from active service in Northern Ireland. He has been horribly injured, and his relationship with his wife and friends deteriorates. His status as the outsider allows him to see the corruption of everyday existence, but he is unable to salvage any dignity from his situation. `Gristle' is based on Ernst Toller's `Hinkerman', which deals with the impact of war on ordinary people's lives. Derek Walmsley plays Peter, with Tracey Whitwell, Trevor Fox, Sharon Percy, Shaun Prendergast and Dave Whitaker. Director Kate Rowland.... |
| Mr Puntila And His Man Matti | ...One of Brecht's best comedies, adapted and updated by award winning writer LEE HALL. A drunken chaotic landowner leans heavily on his stoic chauffeur in a series of ever more outrageous escapades. A witty modern musical version of a comedy classic.... |
| Performance On 3 | ...Followed by a focus on celebrated historical recordings made at Aldeburgh. With a highlight from the memorable piano duet recital given in 1965 at The JubiLEE HALL, by Benjamin Britten and Sviatoslav Ricther, featuring Schubert's Grand Duo in C, D812.... |
| Pitmen Painters, The | ...By LEE HALL.... |
| Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert | ...Louise Fryer presents a concert given in the JubiLEE HALL as part of 2009's Aldeburgh Festival.... |
| Stage And Screen | ...Edward Seckerson talks to Elton John and LEE HALL about their new musical version of Billy Elliot, and explores Michael Grandage's all-star production of Guy and Dolls.... |