We talk Jacqueline Wilson’s Katy, the BBC’s new sitcom Boy Meets Girl and the Carol Morley film The Falling.
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The Links
On Katy by Jacqueline Wilson
Here’s an article by Jacqueline Wilson introducing her adaptation of Susan Coolidge's original novel.
A video of her talking about it.
And here’s a lovely review of it by a child.
On Boy Meets Girl
Watch the first episode of Boy Meets Girlon iPlayer.
Read this interview with the star, Rebecca Root.
Here's some background on the show and how it came to be.
On The Falling
Mark Kermode has written a very perceptive review of the film.
A long piece by director Carol Morley on her fascination with the mass hysteria phenomenon.
Here she is listing the films that inspired The Falling.
For next week:
Anna is listening to Cabin Pressure. A preview:
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