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Ocean with Attenborough, Garden Design, Turning Contemporary Politics into Opera

Ocean with Attenborough, Garden Design, Turning Contemporary Politics into Opera

Update: 2025-05-14
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Colin Bulfield, Executive Producer of the new film Ocean With Attenborough, talks about working with the celebrated broadcaster and filmmaker Sir David Attenborough on his latest project, an exploration of the vital importance of healthy oceans to our planet which is in cinemas around the country now.

Current exhibitions at V&A Dundee and the British Library in London shed light on the history and future of garden design. Curator James Wylie and academic and author Becca Voelcker discuss how gardens reflect society, how they have influenced other fields such as art and philosophy, and what gardens might look like in 50 years time.

And librettist Emma Jenkins and composer Toby Hession talk about how their new operetta for Scottish Opera and the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, A Matter of Misconduct!, which is inspired by political scandals, the No.9 Downing Street press briefing room and classic British comedy from Hancock's Half Hour to The Thick of It.

Presenter: Kirsty Wark
Producer: Mark Crossan

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Ocean with Attenborough, Garden Design, Turning Contemporary Politics into Opera

Ocean with Attenborough, Garden Design, Turning Contemporary Politics into Opera

BBC Radio 4