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No Time To Die, Soul Train, Karl Ove Knausgaard

Charlie Higson & Naima Khan review the new Bond film No Time To Die. Jacqueline Springer celebrates 50 years of Soul Train. Karl Ove Knausgaard on his new novel 'The Morning Star'.

The new 007 film No Time To Die has had its release pushed back and back and back due to Covid. But now it’s finally here with Daniel Craig playing James Bond for the final time. Critical responses have been mixed, what will our reviewers, Charlie Higson -writer of the Young Bond novels – and Naima Khan – who’s never seen a Bond film before – make of it? We’ll also preview Ridley Road a Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú historical drama series written by Sarah Solemani, about a young Jewish woman who fights against an emerging neo-Nazi group in 1960s East London.

1971 was an important year in African-American culture. It was the year that saw the cinema release of Melvin Van Peebles’ Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, and Gordon Park’s Shaft. It was also the year that saw the national launch of Soul Train – the music show that featured the big Soul stars of the day, hosted by the avuncular Don Cornelius who encouraged the audience of young African-Americans to dance and celebrate themselves for all to see. Fifty years on, music Journalist, Jacqueline Springer, assesses the significance of Soul Train.

Best selling Norwegian writer of My Struggle Karl Ove Knausgaard talks to Tom Sutcliffe about his new novel The Morning Star. During one long summer’s night in August, nine people are leading their usual live, when a huge star appears in the Norwegian sky above them.

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Fri 1 Oct 2021 19:00

No Time To Die

No Time To Die is on general release, cert 12A

Main image: Daniel Craig in No Time To Die 
Photo credit: UPI Media/Nicola Dove

Ridley Road

Ridley Road  is on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One on Sun 3 Oct at 9 pm

Karl Ove Knausgaard

His latest book The Morning Star is out now

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  • Fri 1 Oct 2021 19:00

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