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24 January 2016

Episode 342

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Andrew Tuck and Robert Bound hear from film-producer John Smithson, one of the creative forces behind new Bafta-nominated Mount Everest documentary ‘Sherpa’. We also meet author Ayisha Malik, whose novel ‘Sofia Khan is Not Obliged’ documents elements of Muslim culture in London. Plus: we talk to Joseph Seelig, founder and co-director of the London International Mime Festival.

24 January 2016

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Chapter 1

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Chapter 1

Introduction

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Robert and Andrew sit down with Monocle’s Tom Edwards to look back at the past week and ahead to the next seven days.

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Chapter 2

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John Smithson

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Film and TV producer John Smithson joins Robert and Andrew to talk through his role in director Jennifer Peedom’s Bafta-nominated documentary ‘Sherpa’, which documents life of Mount Everest. Plus: he explains why the call of the outdoors has defined his previous box-office hits, including ‘Touching the Void’ and ‘127 Hours’.

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John Smithson

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Ayisha Malik

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Malik is an author whose debut novel ‘Sofia Khan is Not Obliged’ uses a little comedy and romance to change perceptions of what it means to be a young Muslim writer in London. She talks Robert through the book’s development and its timely arrival.

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Ayisha Malik

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Joseph Seelig, OBE

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Seelig is founder and co-director of the London International Mime Festival, which brings 24 days of programming, 64 performances and 18 international acts to the city until 6 February. And it’s not all about keeping quiet, as he explains to Andrew and Robert.

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