Culturewatch Podcast - DVD releases 23 January 2012

Author: Sophie Lister and Paul Hammond

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Title: Sherlock

Writer: Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Steve Thompson

Director: Toby Haynes, Euros Lyn, Paul McGuigan

Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Rupert Graves, Andrew Scott, Mark Gatiss, Una Stubbs

Broadcaster: BBC1 (UK)

First broadcast: Series 1: 30 August 2010 (UK); Series 2: 1 January 2012 (UK)

DVD classification: 12 (UK) Contains moderate sex references, violence and threat.

Film title: The Debt

Director: John Madden

Screenplay: Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman, Peter Straughan

Starring: Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Marton Csokas, Ciarán Hinds

Distributor: Focus Features (USA); Universal Pictures (UK)

Cinema Release Date: 31 August 2011 (USA); 30 September 2011 (UK)

Certificate: R (USA); 15 (UK) Contains strong violence and images of medical experiments

Film title: Life, Above All

Director: Oliver Schmitz

Screenplay: Dennis Foon, based on the novel by Allan Stratton

Starring: Khomotso Manyaka, Aubrey Poolo, Keaobaka Makanyane, Harriet Lenabe

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics (USA); Peccadillo Pictures (UK)

Cinema Release Date: 15 July 2011 (USA); 23 January 2012 (UK)

Certificate: PG-13 (USA); 12A (UK) Contains moderate language and sex references

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Sophie Lister talks to Paul Hammond on UCB UK radio about new DVD releases: Sherlock, The Debt and Life Above All. Download this podcast.
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