William Nicholson
Description
In this programme Michael Rosen: - has fun showing off his Russell Crowe impression as a prelude to meeting the man who wrote the screenplay for Gladiator, William Nicholson. Nicholson talks about his new fantasy novel Seeker and takes the opportunity to lambast testing in schools - meets teacher Merle Traves who shows how Robert Swindell's magical and chilling adventure book, Ice Palace, captured the imagination of her pupils at Leegomery Junior School in Shropshire - and introduces Bill Bryson's entertaining guide to science - A Short History of Nearly Everything, - to our panel - Julia Eccleshare of the Guardian, teacher Stacey Jordan, and Youth Worker Ghulam Hassan.
Runtime
14 min
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Subjects
Contributor
Geography
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Date of Publication
2006
Database
Alexander Street
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