Ascension, John Preston on Robert Maxwell and is vinyl manufacturing at breaking point?

Published: Jan. 12, 2022, 8 p.m.

Kirsty Lang speaks to John Preston who has won the Costa biography award for Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell.

As a new vinyl pressing plant opens in Middlesbrough, we hear about the long delays facing bands because of the LP renaissance.

And filmmaker Jessica Kingdon discusses her award-winning observational documentary Ascension. Filmed in 51 locations across China, Ascension explores the pursuit of the Chinese Dream through the lives of the people living it, accompanied by a brilliant soundtrack.

Presented by Kirsty Lang\nProduced by Laura Northedge