Gruelling film productions - stories from the sets of Apocalypse now and Fitzcarraldo

We mark Bastille Day with a dive into President Macron’s cultural policy for France, revisit the dark heart of filmmaking with two people who were there during the making of Apocalypse Now and Fitzcarraldo. Kasim Ali on his new novel about young British Pakistani men and gang culture. And Errolyn Wallen on composing for the First Night of the Proms.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed

Producer: Harry Graham