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Listen to Michael Palin CBE the BAFTA award winning actor, writer, presenter and BAFTA Fellow discuss his remarkable career and craft.

In a career spanning five decades, BAFTA-winner Michael Palin has entertained and enthralled television, film and stage audiences as a writer and performer in comedy, drama and documentary.

He started his career working with fellow writer and performer Terry Jones, co-writing comedy shows such as The Frost Report, The Two Ronnies and Do Not Adjust Your Television Set. It was the BAFTA-winning comedy sketch show Monty Python’s Flying Circus with Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle and Terry Jones which firmly established Palin’s comic reputation.

Palin has demonstrated his extraordinary ability to adapt his craft across a wide range of genres, from comedy to serious dramas to factual documentaries. Dramatic roles on television have included political drama GBH, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA in 1992. He has also written and presented a host of critically-acclaimed travel documentaries, including BAFTA-winning programmes Around the World in 80 Days, Pole to Pole, Michael Palin’s Hemingway Adventure and Sahara, and BAFTA-nominated Full Circle, Himalaya, New Europe and Brazil, and also the arts documentary Michael Palin and the Mystery of Hammershoi.

Most recently, Michael Palin has been seen in the lead role of the BBC One three-part drama Remember Me. He is currently narrating a new version of the classic children's television series The Clangers.

Listen to Michael Palin CBE the BAFTA award winning actor, writer, presenter and BAFTA Fellow discuss his remarkable career and craft.

In a career spanning five decades, BAFTA-winner Michael Palin has entertained and enthralled television, film and stage audiences as a writer and performer in comedy, drama and documentary.

He started his career working with fellow writer and performer Terry Jones, co-writing comedy shows such as The Frost Report, The Two Ronnies and Do Not Adjust Your Television Set. It was the BAFTA-winning comedy sketch show Monty Python’s Flying Circus with Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle and Terry Jones which firmly established Palin’s comic reputation.

Palin has demonstrated his extraordinary ability to adapt his craft across a wide range of genres, from comedy to serious dramas to factual documentaries. Dramatic roles on television have included political drama GBH, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA in 1992. He has also written and presented a host of critically-acclaimed travel documentaries, including BAFTA-winning programmes Around the World in 80 Days, Pole to Pole, Michael Palin’s Hemingway Adventure and Sahara, and BAFTA-nominated Full Circle, Himalaya, New Europe and Brazil, and also the arts documentary Michael Palin and the Mystery of Hammershoi.

Most recently, Michael Palin has been seen in the lead role of the BBC One three-part drama Remember Me. He is currently narrating a new version of the classic children's television series The Clangers.

In this special BAFTA Cymru event, the esteemed Welsh actor talks to Boyd Hilton about growing up in Port Talbot and his acting career to date.

Sheen has received nominations for his work from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Golden Globes and in 2013 won the British Academy Cymru Actor Award for The Gospel of Us, a contemporary re-telling of the Passion story which took place across the town of Port Talbot, with the public as its cast, crew and heroes. Michael Sheen is also known as an active ambassador for UNICEF, an avid supporter of children’s rights and of various initiatives which encourage young people of all backgrounds in their aspirations to work in film and television.

Recorded at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly on 11 March 2015.

In this special BAFTA Cymru event, the esteemed Welsh actor talks to Boyd Hilton about growing up in Port Talbot and his acting career to date.

Sheen has received nominations for his work from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Golden Globes and in 2013 won the British Academy Cymru Actor Award for The Gospel of Us, a contemporary re-telling of the Passion story which took place across the town of Port Talbot, with the public as its cast, crew and heroes. Michael Sheen is also known as an active ambassador for UNICEF, an avid supporter of children’s rights and of various initiatives which encourage young people of all backgrounds in their aspirations to work in film and television.

Recorded at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly on 11 March 2015.

On 3 March, HRH the Duke of Cambridge opened an evening of celebrating British film at the Gala China Premiere of Paddington. As part of the celebrations of the GREAT Festival of Creativity in Shanghai, the Chinese Premiere of Paddington held at the Shanghai Film Museum brought together a group of very special guests including BAFTA President, The Duke of Cambridge.

BAFTA award-winning writer Sally Wainwright has been bringing television drama to our screens for nearly 25 years starting out on The Archers, Emmerdale and Coronation Street. Sally continued to hone her craft on programmes including the BAFTA-nominated At Home with the Braithwaites 15 years ago. Sally is especially admired for the quality of her dialogue, and how she brings women, relationships and landscapes to life – from ITV’s Unforgiven and Scott and Bailey, to the BBC’s Happy Valley and currently back for a third series, Last Tango in Halifax.

In this special masterclass, Sally speaks to Mark Lawson about her screenwriting process, how she found her voice as a writer, and what she has learnt from her mistakes as well as her successes.

Recorded at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly on 24 February 2015.

Critical is one story, in one place, in one hour – a real-time medical and emotional roller-coaster ride in which every second counts during the most life-threatening hour of a patient’s treatment. The real-time nature of the drama takes the sense of realism to genre-defining levels, transporting the viewer from the airy atriums of a gleaming new hospital to the inner space of the human body.

Creator Jed Mercurio and actors Lennie James and Prasanna Puwanarajah talk about the show at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly. Recorded on Monday 16 February 2015.

It's often said that sound is 50% of what you see. So listen up to this month's Guru, dedicated to the dark art of film + TV sound.

Sound recordist Thomas Curley, fresh from a Best Sound win at the Film Awards, talks to Matt Hill about Whiplash's unique sound world, and sound supervisor Andy James describes the challenges of capturing the Oxford-Cambridge boat race. We also hear from the sound teams behind Gravity, Rush + Captain Phillips + more.

Hosted by Rhianna Dhillon.

As Ireland enhances its tax incentive (Section 481) for film and TV drama next month, offering up to 32% tax credit programme for film and television productions made in Ireland, we look at the co-production landscape and the opportunities this may provide for UK production companies.

Panellists include Mark Byrne (Head of Business Affairs, Element Pictures), James Flynn (Irish Co-Producer, Penny Dreadful, The Tudors, Calvary), John Gleeson (Head of Media, Grant Thornton), Frith Tiplady (Head of Production, Tiger Aspect), with host Isabel Davis (Head of International, BFI).

Recorded at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly on 22 January 2015.

Director Jonny Campbell, writer Sarah Phelps and actors Julia McKenzie, Keeley Hawes and Rufus Jones talk to Amy Raphael about the BBC and HBO miniseries adaptation of J.K. Rowling's global bestseller.

Recorded at BAFTA 195 Piccadilly on 26 January 2015.