Review: Sondheim's final musical Here We Are, The Marching Band, Daniel Kehlmann's The Director

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David Benedict and Viv Groskop review Stephen Sondheim’s final musical, Here We Are, a surreal story of brunch and existential dread; French film about about grassroots music, The Marching Band and Daniel Kehlmann’s new novel, The Director, about a real life German filmmaker navigating the Third Reich.Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Simon Richardson

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