With the release of the bio-pic \u2018Vita & Virginia\u2019 this week, inspired by the correspondence of Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf, Matthew Sweet reflects on the epistolary film - movies inspired by the exchange of letters.
The programme features music from \u2018Broadway Melody on 1938\u2019; \u2018The Lake House\u2019; \u2018Letters to Juliet\u2019; \u2018Message In A Bottle\u2019; \u2018The Shop Around The Corner\u2019; \u2018You\u2019ve Got Mail\u2019; \u201884 Charing Cross Road\u2019; \u2018The Shawshank Redemption\u2019; \u2018Atonement\u2019; \u2018The Letter\u2019 (1940); \u2018Dangerous Liaisons\u2019; \u2018The Color Purple\u201d; \u2018Possession\u2019 (2002) and \u2018Vita & Virginia\u2019.