Toby Jones - Don't Forget the Driver, Shazam!, Bach Passions

Published: April 2, 2019, 6:58 p.m.

Toby Jones tells us about turning his hand to writing for the new six part BBC2 TV series, Don\u2019t Forget The Driver. It's a dark and poignant comedy about Brexit Britain, set in a coach company in Bognor Regis.

The latest DC comics film Shazam! flies into cinemas this week. Originally published as a comic strip in 1939, it's the story of Billy Batson, a normal 14-year-old who is given the ability to transform into an adult superhero just by uttering the magic word \u201cShazam!\u201d. Film critic Larushka Ivan Zadeh will tell us whether or not it's any good.

At Easter, choirs across the country prepare to perform Bach\u2019s St John and St Matthew Passions. We explore the significance of these intense and monumental works. Kirsty is joined by director Peter Sellars, who is staging the St John Passion at London\u2019s Royal Festival Hall conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, and music historian Hannah French.

6 April\t\tTewkesbury Abbey \u2013 St John Passion \u2013 City of Birmingham Choir\n7 April\t\tRoyal Festival Hall \u2013 St Matthew Passion \u2013 Bach Choir\n13 April Kings Place London - St Matthew Passion - Feinstein Ensemble\n14 April\t\tPlymouth Guildhall \u2013 St Matthew Passion - Plymouth Philharmonic Choir \n14 April\t\tMerton College Oxford \u2013 St Matthew Passion\n14 April \t Durham Cathedral \u2013 St John Passion \n14 April\t\tTremeirchion Church St Asaph \u2013 St Matthew Passion\n16 April\t\tSt Georges Bristol \u2013 St Matthew Passion \u2013 Ex Cathedra\n17 April \t Salisbury Cathedral \u2013 St Matthew Passion\n18 April\t\tAberdeen Music Hall \u2013 St Matthew Passion \u2013 Dunedin Consort\n19 April \t Coventry Cathedral \u2013 St John Passion\n19 April\t\tLeeds Minster \u2013 St John Passion\n19 April\t\tThe Queens Hall Edinburgh \u2013 St Matthew Passion \u2013 Dunedin Consort

Presenter: Kirsty Lang\nProducer: Oliver Jones