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EPISODE · Oct 3, 2013 · 28 MIN

James McAvoy on Filth; Kevin MacDonald on How I Live Now; Dexter Fletcher on Sunshine on Leith

from The Film Programme · host BBC Radio 4

The Film Programme takes on a Scottish theme and looks at how one country can produce such different styles of film. James McAvoy talks about his latest role in the Edinburgh police corruption tale, Filth, based on Irvine Welsh's novel and reflects on how such a relatively small country should think about and run its film industry. Dexter Fletcher discusses his musical movie based on songs of The Proclaimers - Sunshine on Leith, which is an adaptation of the stage show pioneered by Dundee Rep. Meanwhile dark tales of love and loss from a Scottish fishing village in For Those in Peril - director Paul Wright tells Francine Stock how his own grief informed his narrative. And Scottish director Kevin Macdonald discusses his film How I Live Now, starring Saoirse Ronan and set in England during World War III. His previous films include The Last King of Scotland and Touching The Void.Producer: Elaine Lester.

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