i m jane hill. and taking us through this week s cinema releases is jason solomons. good to see you, jason. what have you been watching? well, this week we ve got everything elvis, we ve got beckett, we ve got wham! talk about absurd. we ll start with baz luhrmann s long awaited biopic of the king elvis and the man who discovered him, colonel tom parker, played by tom hanks. and then we go to france for, literally, a prison drama a drama being made in a prison where inmates put on samuel beckett s waiting for godot. they do have time on their hands, after all. and then i will not let you down it s george michael freedom uncut. will it be any good? you ve got to have faith, jane. excellent. plenty more puns where they came from. let s start with elvis. i mean, i love a lot of baz luhrmann s work. so tell me, what s it like? yeah, this is the man who made strictly ballroom, moulin rouge, the great gatsby. he s got this typically frenetic style, and here he is taking on th
Whatever happened to d. B. Cooper . Were going to talk with a sleuth about the piece of evidence from the 1971 hijacking. He is now suing to be able to see. Plus, another major legal blow for donald trump after losing an appeal. He is set to go on trial on monday in a civil case with the new York Attorney general asking for a 250 million penalty. And now were learning multiple trumps are on the witness list. And leading this hour, cue the music for the 2024 lead. Yes. The veritable Second Coming of the Lincoln Douglass debates last night in california. A political Algonquin Round Table in simi valley for the second republican debate. Just kidding. Theres a i cut i loaded up on you wanted a Gas Tax Increase we do not intend to go ahead like this. In fact, were about to take a did you catch that . Any of that . Okay. Me neither. So lets quickly catch up. While last nights debate was held in the Ronald Reagan president ial library, some conservatives lamented that todays 2024 republican p
anything seen before. now, the worcestershire town where he grew up wants to honour his memory with a brand new comedy festival. this is the norbury theatre. this is our little auditorium. it was here at his local theatre in droitwich, where rik got his first taste of performing. his parents were very, very involved here at the norbury, and his mum and dad would direct and actually write shows and pantomimes, and the whole family got involved in performing on stage. and apparently rik s first role was on here as a little boy running on stage at the end of waiting for godot. so the story goes, as a small boy, rik also used to operate the following spots here at the theatre inside here. it s a bit of a tight squeeze. now, this really couldn t have been very comfortable for rik, but i imagine it s where his love of theatre and probably performing