Bernard Butler, Kafka, Benedict Cumberbatch
Benedict Cumberbatch on his Netflix series Eric, Bernard Butler plays a song from his new solo album, and new Kafka exhibition at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Hollywood star Benedict Cumberbatch talks about his new series Eric, where he plays a troubled puppeteer in 80s New York whose life and marriage unravel when his young son disappears and the only help he has to find him is from a giant imaginary monster who follows him everywhere. Created by British screenwriter Abi Morgan, the show opens on Netflix on Thursday.
Bernard Butler's first solo album in 25 years - Good Grief - is released on 31st May. He plays his latest single and reflects on a career that has involved highly successful collaborations with an eclectic range of artists including Duffy, Jessie Buckley, Tricky and The Libertines.
100 years after his death, Franz Kafka鈥檚 papers are on display at a new exhibition at the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The curator Carolin Duttlinger discusses Kafka鈥檚 ongoing significance with the novelist Joanna Kavenna.
Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Torquil MacLeod
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