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Ken Burns on showing the dark parts of US history

Ahead of his upcoming PBS documentary, The American Revolution, acclaimed film-maker Ken Burns tells BBC special correspondent Katty Kay about his...

06.04.2025 400

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Christopher Luu

Author Ann Patchett on finding kindness amid chaos

In the latest episode of Influential, US writer Ann Patchett shares how seeing kindness around her influences the way she approaches her characters. ...

24.03.2025 400

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Christopher Luu

Vera Wang, 75, was ready to 'age out' of fashion

From making history as Vogue's youngest-ever fashion editor to creating a gown fit for a Kennedy wedding – which would end up covered in grass...

08.03.2025 30

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Christopher Luu

Derek Jacobi at 86: 'I was born to be an actor'

The legendary actor tells Katty Kay that his parents would have much rather he became an accountant or insurance broker, but finally came around when...

01.03.2025 300

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Christopher Luu

Brooke Shields at 59: Ageing 'was a shock'

In the new series of Influential with Katty Kay, actress and model Brooke Shields opens up about spending nearly six decades in the spotlight and how...

22.02.2025 1000

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Christopher Luu

Why people risk everything to climb deadly peaks

Historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela explores life, love and death on Earth's second-tallest peak in the new season of Extreme. Straddling the border...

28.01.2025 10

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Christopher Luu

How Audrey Hepburn became a spy during WW2

As a teenager growing up in the Netherlands, the Oscar-winning actress bravely carried messages for the Dutch resistance during the Nazi...

02.01.2025 200

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Christopher Luu