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Documentary exploring Sylvia Plath’s semi-autobiographical novel, exploring the wider landscape of 1950s gender politics and Plath’s own struggles to survive society’s constraints. Featuring an interview with the author’s Monty Halls’ last few weeks on the Galapagos are spent learning more about sharks. He begins by taking his daughter Isla snorkelling with the creatures, then paying a visit to her school to give a talk on the ocean’s most dangerous predators. Monty later joins a research expedition. Double bill. Delorme and Cardinal uncover Red’s identity and her connection to Algonquin Bay, as the person who shot her looks to finish the job. In the second episode, the detectives work with Terri to piece together the events leading up to her shooting. thecouriermagazine daughter Frieda Hughes, who discusses her mother in depth on camera for the first time, as well as impressionistic reconstructions of excerpts from the book featuring readings by Maggie Gyllenhaal, unpublished letters, photographs and archive materials, and contributions from people who knew the writer. What embarrassing secrets will leave the parents redfaced tonight, and which Little Star will reveal a little bit more than they should? Stephen Mulhern presents more surprising revelations, hilarious anecdotes and heartwarming moments as the offspring of three more celebrities spill the beans. Portrait of soul, jazz and R’N’B singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, whose death in July 2011 followed a wellpublicised history of drugs and alcohol abuse. Director Asif Kapadia traces Amy’s rise and demise over the 13 years preceding her death, telling her story via her music and autobiographical song lyrics.