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Werner Herzog has made over 70 films, from the ambitious feature film Fitzcarraldo to the documentary Grizzly Man. From Los Angeles he discusses his latest project, Family Romance LLC, a fictional film set in Tokyo about a real company that loans out actors to impersonate family members or imitation friends 鈥榯o create illusions to make clients鈥� lives better鈥�. The town of Watford is joining together to form a huge book club, reading Katharine McMahon鈥檚 novel The Hour of Separation, which is set in the town, for the One Town, One Book initiative. We speak to Watford resident and reader Helen Nicell about why she鈥檚 taking part and Katharine McMahon about why Watford was the perfect setting for her book and how she鈥檚 feeling about getting feedback from local residents. NT At Home's latest free production is the 2016 staging of Les Blancs, Lorraine Hansbury鈥檚 posthumous play about one man鈥檚 place in an African country struggling for independence from British colonialism. Hansbury was the first black female playwright to have a play on Broadway. We speak to Danny Sapani who plays Tshembe. Presenter: Kirsty Lang Producer: Simon Richardson Studio Manager: Tim Heffer Main Image: Werner Herzog Image credit: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images
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