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Jed Mercurio's Critical, Iain Banks's Poetry, James Bay, Sculpture Victorious

Jed Mercurio's new medical drama Critical, the poetry of Iain Banks, winner of this year's Critics' Choice award at the Brits James Bay and Sculpture Victorious at Tate Britain.

With John Wilson

Lennie James and Claire Skinner star in Critical, Sky 1's first medical drama from the creator of Line of Duty, Jed Mercurio. Set in a state-of-the-art Major Trauma Centre each episode unfolds in real-time and centres on the most life-threatening hour of their treatment - the golden hour. Kevin Fong, Consultant Anaesthetist & Lead for the Patient Emergency Response Team at University College London Hospital, reviews.

Author Iain Banks was best known for his novels The Wasp Factory, The Crow Road, and The Culture series of science fiction novels he wrote using the name Iain. M. Banks. Lesser known was the fact he also wrote poetry and was working on putting together a collection of his poems - alongside those of his school friend, and fellow science fiction author, Ken MacLeod - at the time of his death in 2013. Ken MacLeod talks to John about he and Iain's shared love of poetry.

Sculpture Victorious is the first major exhibition devoted to sculpture produced during Queen Victoria's reign (1837-1901). It shows how sculpture featured in all aspects of Victorian politics, empire and industry, and includes works by major Victorian sculptors like Francis Chantrey and Alfred Gilbert. Historian and Victorianist Kathryn Hughes reviews.

James Bay, the hotly tipped young singer/songwriter and winner of this year's Critics' Choice Brit Award, discusses his debut album Chaos and the Calm released next month.

Produced by Ella-mai Robey.

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30 minutes

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Chapters

  • Critical

    Duration: 04:57

  • Iain Banks

    Duration: 08:10

  • Sculpture Victorious

    Duration: 05:07

  • James Bay

    Duration: 08:18

Critical

Critical

begins Tuesday 24 February begins on Sky 1 HD at 9pm.


Iain Banks

Iain Banks

by Iain Banks and Ken MacLeod is available now in hardback and e-book. 聽


Sculpture Victorious

Sculpture Victorious

is showing at Tate Britain in London until 25 May 2015.

Image: George Frampton - Dame Alice Owen 1897. 漏聽Dame Alice Owen鈥檚聽School.聽

James Bay

James Bay

鈥檚 debut album Chaos and the Calm is released 23 March 2015.


Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter John Wilson
Interviewed Guest Kevin Fong
Interviewed Guest Ken MacLeod
Interviewed Guest Kathryn Hughes
Interviewed Guest James Bay
Producer Ella-mai Robey

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  • Tue 24 Feb 2015 19:15

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