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Front Row
BBC Radio 4
The Book of Clarence, Liberation Squares, Northern Ireland's filming boom
42 minutes Posted Apr 15, 2024 at 12:15 pm.
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British director Jeymes Samuel discusses his new film The Book of Clarence, a Biblical comedy about a down-on-his-luck young man who tries to escape from a debt by pretending to be a messiah like Christ.

Sonali Bhattacharyya on her new play Liberation Square, which just opened at the Nottingham Playhouse and explores the lives of three young Muslim women who find themselves caught up in the state surveillance ‘Prevent’ programme.

With the hit Belfast-set drama Blue Lights returning to BBC One for its second season tonight, Kathy Clugston reports on Northern Ireland booming film industry.

Presenter: Nick Ahad

Producer: Paula McGrath