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Actors Robert Lindsay and Ron Cooke discuss their roles in How I Got That Story, Amlin Gray's two-man play about a young US reporter in the Vietnam War. Gilbert Adair, author of Hollywood's Vietnam, contrasts the play with big-budget movie depictions of the war. Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira's 1971 film Past and Present (O Passado e o Presente) a satirical black comedy on marriage arrives at the National Film Theatre. Plus, Carl Davis, composer for film, TV, and the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, talks about his work. Presented by Sarah Dunant.
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