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World Service,09 May 2026,50 mins

Filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu

The Arts Hour

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Nikki Bedi talks to Oscar winning Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu about his career and discusses the week’s cultural highlights with cultural critic Leila Latif: The American writer and actor Lena Dunham answers the question; will she bring back her groundbreaking hit TV series Girls? Moroccan filmmaker Maryam Touzani talks about her latest movie Calle Malaga Danish novelist Solvej Balle discusses the concept of time travel in her novels And we hear a special piece of music dedicated to the late Indian singer Asha Bhosle from Urdu poet and musician Tauseef Akhtar Photo Credit: Getty Images

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