SR: The Children Act, Little Revolution, Watermark, Secrets, Bernd and Hilla Becher, 06 Sep 14




Saturday Review show

Summary: Ian McEwan's new novel The Children Act deals with a young man who is suffering from leukaemia and the conflict between his parent's wishes and the authority of the State in the form of a high court judge. Little Revolution is a play by Alecky Blythe concerning the London riots of 2011 using a script drawn from verbatim interviews. Watermark is a film by photographer Edward Burtynsky about the world's most precious resource: H2O. The Secrets, a new mini drama series on BBC1 begins with a play about a mother who discovers she's dying of cancer and her relationship with her daughter. Bernd and Hilla Becher were a German husband and wife photographic duo who specialised in impartial pictures of industrial structures.