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Prunella Scales, Palestine 36 film, Making Documentaries with World Leaders

Prunella Scales, Palestine 36 film, Making Documentaries with World Leaders

Update: 2025-10-28
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In tribute to Prunella Scales, whose death was announced today, Front Row rebroadcasts an interview with the Fawlty Towers star from 2012, recorded on the eve of her 80th birthday.

Samira talks to two documentary makers who gained extraordinary access to world leaders for their films. Tommy Gulliksen followed Nato Chief Jens Stoltenberg for his film Facing War, and Petra Costa followed several Brazilian Presidents for her films Apocalypse in the Tropics and The Edge of Democracy.

Annemarie Jacir talks about her historical epic feature film, Palestine 36.

And we hear from the two joint winners of this year's Forward Prize for Poetry, Best Collection: Vidyan Ravinthiran and Karen Solie

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Julian May

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Prunella Scales, Palestine 36 film, Making Documentaries with World Leaders

Prunella Scales, Palestine 36 film, Making Documentaries with World Leaders

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