Michael Douglas, culture in Ukraine a year after invasion, visual effects and animation in the UK

Michael Douglas, culture in Ukraine a year after invasion, visual effects and animation in the UK

By BBC Radio 4

Hollywood star Michael Douglas talks about his double-Oscar winning movie career, how he’s still learning the craft of acting and about his new film, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, which is in cinemas now.

As the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches, we hear from two artists working in the country under conflict - Oksana Taranenko, director of the opera Kateryna in Odesa and Hobart Earle, Conductor of the Odessa Philharmonic.

William Sargent, the founder of Framestore, the visual effects studio behind Top Gun: Maverick and Sean Clark, the CEO of Aardman, the creators of Wallace and Gromit, join Tom Sutcliffe to discuss their fears for the future of visual effects and animation in the UK.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Harry Parker

Image: Michelle Pfeiffer and Michael Douglas in the film Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania.

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