The reading is from the Friday, May 29, 2009 edition of NewsNight Review on BBC Two and the poem was selected by Luke Wright. Thanks to PriorKnowlege for posting the clip on YouTube.
Thanks also to PriorKnowlege for posting Damian’s rendition of “High Wood” by Philip Johnstone on YouTube.

NewsNight’s Martha Kearney previewed the program here. If you are located in the UK you can watch the show online throughout the week.

After broadcast the program will be available to UK residents for online viewing for one week. Click here for more information and thanks to Ann for the link!

Don’t forget to add your signature to the petition to move Life to the USA Network!

The Escapist was recently released in New Zealand and Graeme Tuckett of the Dominion Post calls the film “a highly recommended thriller” and said that :

Debutant director Rupert Wyatt has scored himself a Hollywood directing contract with this film, and I am not surprised. The Escapist does everything a prison thriller should do, with a minimum of fuss.

Blogger Brad Kreft from New Zealand raved about The Escapist saying:

The director wields suspense with the skill and potency of Hitchcock, heightening the intensity of scenes with manipulative camera-angles and a flawless use of sound. This uncanny control of the audience may be one of the hardest boxes to tick on the filmmaker’s checklist, yet this task is accomplished with ease throughout. While suspense may be the director’s signature play, a twist ending is his victory salute. Possessing a final-scene plot twist worthy of rivaling The Sixth Sense in surprise factor, The Escapist concludes with a final triumphant punch from the filmmakers who know they have created a brilliant film.

In the US The Escapist is available as a “Video On Demand” TV feature through June 30, 2009.