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Radio 4,02 Jul 2026,42 mins

Review: Penélope Cruz in The Invite film and Pride the musical

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Tom Sutcliffe is joined by critics Bidisha and David Benedict to review: The Invite, a new film directed by Olivia Wilde about two couples who join each other for dinner, starring Seth Rogan and Olivia Wilde as hosts and Edward Norton and Penélope Cruz as their guests. Pride the Musical, created by the same team as the hit 2014 film, which tells the true story of a group of LGBT activists who support a Welsh mining community during the 1980's miners' strikes. And the novel Trouble Was by Charlotte Edwardes which is told from the perspective of young schoolboy Frank whose family leaves their home to move in with their aunt in her farmhouse, during the 1976 heatwave. Tom also talks to journalist William Lee Adams about the news that Canada is joining Eurovision. Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Lucy Collingwood

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