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The Business of Film: The Painted Bird, The Life Ahead & Totally Under Control

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The Business Of Film

The Business of Film: The Painted Bird, The Life Ahead & Totally Under Control
James Cameron-Wilson looks at the UK box office (operational only in Scotland) before turning his attention to the Blu-Ray release of The Painted Bird, a much-garlanded Czech film set in World War II. On Netflix, he looks at The Life Ahead, Sophia Loren's first film for 16 years, for which she's already being tipped for an Oscar nomination. And on various platforms, there is the documentary Totally Under Control, about the US response to the Covid pandemic.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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Gadgets & Gizmos: Electric wing suits, virtual Santa's grotto & a space claw

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Gadgets and Gizmos

Gadgets & Gizmos: Electric wing suits, virtual Santa's grotto & a space claw
Share Radio's technology editor Steve Caplin looks at the latest news. £5m worth of Apple products were stolen, even though Apple will be able to track them if they're ever used. Harley-Davidson moves into e-bikes. There's the first electric wing suit, a concept phone with a rollout screen, a virtual Santa's grotto, an amazing VR piano app, a camera strap with incorporated tripod, a claw to clear up space junk and Japanese robot Covid monitors and robot wolves.
Guest:

Steve Caplin


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The Week That Was And The Week Ahead: Royal Mail, Easyjet, SSE & Halford's

Simon Rose
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Sarah's Pick Of The Week

The Week That Was And The Week Ahead: Royal Mail, Easyjet, SSE & Halford's
Ian Forrest of The Share Centre looks at the market reaction to the good news on various C-19 vaccines. He examines recent reports from Royal Mail, Easyjet, SSE and Halford's and how their fortunes have been affected by the pandemic. Looking ahead, he tells us what we might expect when we hear from Compass, Pennon and Aviva.
Guest:

Ian Forrest


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Gadgets & Gizmos: Apple's new computers, flying cars & self-folding paper

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Gadgets and Gizmos

Gadgets & Gizmos: Apple's new computers, flying cars & self-folding paper
Share Radio's technology editor Steve Caplin looks at Apple's new computers using, for the first time, an in-house vastly faster chip. He also discusses the possibility of the British Army having robot soldiers, Netflix reinventing old-style TV, a flying car, self-folding paper, a keyboard that simulates an old-style typewriter, New York's KGB Museum auctioning off its gadgets, an electronic noise to detect bad meat and a 9-year-old's design for a space lavatory.
Guest:

Steve Caplin


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Simon Rose

The Business of Film: Wolfwalkers, His House & Luxor

Simon Rose
Original Broadcast:

The Business Of Film

The Business of Film: Wolfwalkers, His House & Luxor
With most British cinemas closed, James Cameron-Wilson looks at the box office for Scotland only and the bizarre #1 film. He discusses new animated cinema release Wolfwalkers, tipped as a possible Oscar nominee. With most of us restricted to watching film at home he reviews the British refugee horror film His House on Netflix and Luxor on Curzon Home Cinema with Andrea Riseborough in the lead role.
Guest:

James Cameron-Wilson


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The Bigger Picture: US Presidential election, a Christmas vaccine & tensions in Downing Street

Simon Rose
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The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture: US Presidential election, a Christmas vaccine & tensions in Downing Street
Political commentator Mike Indian looks at the victory of Joe Biden in the US Presidential election and Donald Trump's response. He considers the importance of Kamala Harris as the incoming Vice-President. He speculates on what Biden's presidency will mean for the United Kingdom and what effect it might have on the UK Internal Market Bill. With a Christmas vaccine looking possible, he discusses the tensions in Downing Street after the departure of communications chief Lee Cain and asks if Dominic Cummings can survive.
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Mike Indian


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The Week That Was And The Week Ahead: The Covid rally, Persimmon, Burberry and L&G

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The Week That Was and The Week Ahead

The Week That Was And The Week Ahead: The Covid rally, Persimmon, Burberry and L&G
Graham Spooner of The Share Centre discusses this week's Covid market rally before turning his attention to recent company news from Persimmon, Burberry and Legal & General. Looking ahead, he suggests what we might expect from SSE, Experian and Imperial Brands.
Guest:

Graham Spooner


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The Business of Film: The Burnt Orange Heresy, Philophobia & Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm

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Original Broadcast:

The Business Of Film

The Business of Film: The Burnt Orange Heresy, Philophobia & Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm
With cinemas closing once more, James Cameron-Wilson looks at the last box office chart for some time. He managed to get to see two new films to review, The Burnt Orange Heresy with Elizabeth Debicki, Donald Sutherland and Mick Jagger and British film Philophobia. For home streaming, he recommends Sasha Baron-Cohen's Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm, spearing the state of contemporary America.
Guest:

James Cameron-Wilson


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Gadgets & Gizmos: Lobsteropolis, Amazon's Swedish gaffes and the amazing new Oculus Quest

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Gadgets and Gizmos

Gadgets & Gizmos: Lobsteropolis, Amazon's Swedish gaffes and the amazing new Oculus Quest
Steve Caplin marvels at a new Saatchi Gallery exhibition which you can tour without leaving home. He highlights Amazon's disastrously translated Swedish launch, looks at the app that can tell if you have Covid-19 from your cough, is fascinated by diamonds made from the sky and reports on a patient whose leg was treated at a different hospital than hers. He was hugely impressed by the new Oculus Quest 2, bringing realistic VR gaming into the home.
Guest:

Steve Caplin


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The Bigger Picture: What does the US election mean, is Labour at war with itself & is a second lockdown sensible?

Simon Rose
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The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture: What does the US election mean, is Labour at war with itself & is a second lockdown sensible?
Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University looks at the US presidential election and asks what it means both for America and the rest of the world. With Sir Keir Starmer suspending former leader Jeremy Corbyn, is the Labour Party about to engage in civil war? And as the second wave lockdown begins, he asks if the government has adopted the right strategy.
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Professor Tim Evans


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