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Angela

The Wild Robt - film

From DreamWorks Animation comes a new adaptation of a literary sensation, Peter Brown's beloved, award-winning, #1 New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot. The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot--ROZZUM unit 7134, "Roz" for short--that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.

David

Searching For Gerda Taro - film

SEARCHING FOR GERDA TARO celebrates the life and work of Taro — a charismatic Jewish refugee from Germany, an anti-fascist, and a trailblazing photographer whose work would be forgotten for decades.

In 1935, Taro (then going by her birth name, Gerta Pohorylle), met Endre Friedmann, a Jewish photographer from Hungary trying to make a name for himself in Paris. They fell in love and moved in together. The next year, they changed their names to Gerda Taro and Robert Capa. Capa taught Taro photography. Taro in turn helped sell his photos and build his reputation. Together, they went to Spain to report on the civil war from the front lines. She captured the heroism of Republican fighters and documented the world’s first deaths of civilians from aerial bombardment.

SEARCHING FOR GERDA TARO shares dozens of stunning archival images by and of Taro. We come to understand her life and work through conversations with curators, authors, and descendants of those who knew her. For decades, her legacy was wrapped up with Capa’s, many of her photos seemingly lost. But with the discovery of thousands of her negatives in the mid-1990s, Taro can finally enjoy the credit she deserves as a brilliant photographer in her own right.

Eamonn

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out - Doc

Celebrate one of Britain's most-loved comic creations as

Jennifer Saunders, Dame Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha and

Jane Horrocks reunite to share anecdotes and backstage

secrets.

Episode 244 of Talk Media discusses the media coverage following the sudden death of Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond, who in 2014, took our country within touching distance of Independence.

Eamonn, joined by Catriona Stewart and David Pratt, have a frank discussion on the media coverage , a look at the horrors taking place in the Middle East and the frankly strange news of Labour pushing weight loss drugs in an attempt to cut back the welfare bill.

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Eamonn

The War Room- doc - Amazon Prime

This documentary follows President Clinton's campaign trail and focuses on his aides, James Carville and George Stephanopoulos.

Catriona

Break Up - : How Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon Went to War - Book

Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon's political partnership changed the face of Scotland, bringing the country to within 200,000 votes of independence and holding sway at Holyrood for more than a decade. So how and why has their thirty-year alliance irretrievably broken down?

Break-Up tells the inside story of how the once unbreakable unity of the Scottish National Party was ripped apart amid shocking claims of sexual assault. With unrivalled access to both camps and the women who made the allegations, and with rigorously fair-minded reporting, journalists David Clegg and Kieran Andrews go behind the headlines to uncover the truth about this extraordinary episode, in a piece of political history that reads like a thriller.

Now fully updated, this is a jaw-dropping tale of inappropriate behaviour in the highest reaches of power, of lies, distrust and alleged conspiracy, with profound implications not only for Salmond and Sturgeon themselves but for Scotland's governing party and the wider independence campaign.

David

Wild Thing - book

Paul Gauguin is chiefly known as the giant of post-Impressionist painting whose bold colours and compositions rocked the Western art world. It is less well known that he was a stockbroker in Paris and that after the 1882 financial crash he struggled to sustain his artistry, and worked as a tarpaulin salesman in Copenhagen, a canal digger in Panama City, and a journalist exposing the injustices of French colonial rule in Tahiti.

In Wild Thing, the award-winning biographer Sue Prideaux re-examines the adventurous and complicated life of the artist. She illuminates the people, places and ideas that shaped his vision: his privileged upbringing in Peru and rebellious youth in France; the galvanising energy of the Paris art scene; meeting Mette, the woman who he would marry; formative encounters with Vincent van Gogh and August Strindberg; and the ceaseless draw of French Polynesia.

Prideaux conjures Gauguin's visual exuberance, his creative epiphanies, his fierce words and his flaws with acuity and sensitivity. Drawing from a wealth of new material and access to the artist's family, this myth-busting work invites us to see Gauguin anew.

Both social and print media gets the going over today in this episode as the dynamic duo, in the company of oor pal Catriona Stewart talk over the weeks talking points.

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Stuart

White Robes and Broken Badges

Infiltrating the KKK and Exposing the Evil Among Us

In this shocking memoir, a former FBI informant reveals what he learned from successfully infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan in the backwoods of the Sunshine State, uncovering details about the hate group’s structure and its modern far-right spinoffs which are operating to achieve the same goal: inciting a second civil war by whatever violent means necessary.

Catriona

Lady in the Lake Apple TV

When the disappearance of a young girl grips the city of Baltimore in 1966, the lives of two women converge on a fatal collision course.

Eamonn

BBC Four Who Killed Caravaggio? (Full Documentary) (2010)

When Caravaggio died in 1610, he was 39 years old, the most famous painter of his age and an exile from Rome after killing a man in a street fight. But his death has always been a mystery, with no body, no grave site, and conflicting stories of what happened. In 2001, art critic Andrew Graham- Dixon went in search of the true story of the extraordinary life and mysterious death of one of the greatest painters in western art, travelling from Rome to Naples to Malta and Sicily, meeting experts and scouring archives on the way. He uncovered the painter's criminal record, a trail of violent incident, sexual intrigue and conspiracy, and came face to face with some of the most profoundly spiritual paintings ever painted. Graham-Dixon has been researching and working on the story of the artist ever since. Caravaggio's art has never been more popular, and now he thinks he may have found some of the answers.

Stuart Cosgrove and Eamonn O’Neill are joined by journalist and podcaster, Steve Richards! This week - the IndyRef2 Supreme Court verdict, backlash to a BBC Scotland story about the NHS, Brexit in the news again and a listener question about politicians and media framing of complex issues. At the end of the show, the trio share their personal media recommendations.

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Stuart and Eamonn are joined by journalist and podcaster, Lesley Riddoch. This week - Gordon Brown wades in on food banks, new warships in Glasgow, Joe Lycett’s challenge to David Beckham and a listener question about how the media reports on emergency services. Towards the end of the show...media recommendations!

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Stuart and Eamonn are joined by journalist, Shona Craven. This week - COP27, the ferries fiasco, US midterm results and a listener question about information dissemination online. At the end of the episode, the trio share their media recommendations.

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Eamonn is joined by mezzo-soprano, Andrea Baker and Nazir Afzal, former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England. This week - the migrant crisis, Elon Musk's Twitter takeover, coverage of Halloween and Bonfire Night and a listener question about the relationship between journalists and politicians. At the end of the show, the trio share their personal media recommendations. 

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Stuart and Eamonn are joined by journalist, Shona Craven! This week - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Just Stop Oil, the meaning of ‘woke’ and a listener question about the upcoming football World Cup. At the end of the show, Stuart, Eamonn and Shona share their personal media recommendations. 

To listen to the full hour-long episode, and for a full list of recommendations, join the Talk Media Club (99p per week + VAT): patreon.com/talkmedia

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Stuart and Eamonn discuss some of their most challenging assignments, sharing fascinating stories which are packed full of media insights and reflections. We'll be back with more topical discussion next week.

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Stuart and Eamonn are joined by author and broadcaster, Paddy Duffy! This week - the SNP Conference and “I detest the Tories”, The Labour Files, Russia’s framing of ‘terrorism’ and a listener question about BBC Scotland journalism. At the end of the show, Stuart, Eamonn and Paddy share their personal media recommendations.

To listen to the full hour-long episode, and for a full list of recommendations, join the Talk Media Club (99p per week + VAT): patreon.com/talkmedia

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