In the Studio: Ken Loach: The Sequel

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The shooting starts on The Old Oak and Sharuna Sagar is there to witness Ken Loach's unique style of directing. Throughout his career from Kes to The Wind That Shakes The Barley to I, Daniel Blake, the 87-year-old film-maker does not like to tell the cast what is going to happen in the next scene. He explains his reasons, while star Dave Turner reveals what it is like to be surprised every day on set.

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0:00.0	Life's Less Ordinary is the podcast from the BBC World Service, bringing you extraordinary
0:05.7	personal stories from around the globe.
0:08.6	Search for Life's Less Ordinary wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
0:15.9	Welcome to the documentary in the studio, which delves into the minds of some of the world's
0:20.8	most creative people.
0:22.5	I'm Sharuna Sarga and I've been given exclusive access to arguably Britain's greatest living
0:27.7	director, Ken Loach, as he makes his new film The Old Oak.
0:33.6	In part one of my documentary, I joined the veteran filmmaker in pre-production of his
0:38.8	last full length feature.
0:41.1	I think a film like this would be tricky to do again, just because certain facilities fail
0:45.7	a bit.
0:46.7	But it's a hard trade to give up, isn't it, because there's so many stories to tell.
0:51.0	So I don't know, we'll just take it.
0:53.4	It's game as it comes and look forward to the next Saturday.
0:58.0	In this, the second part of my documentary, I follow the filming, the editing and the
1:02.8	recording of the soundtrack.
1:05.0	It's a fascinating insight into the Loach approach to filmmaking, but what also stands
1:09.7	out for me is the bond and the banter between Ken and his loyal team.
1:14.5	It's always more sociable, isn't it, when you've been a group, taking the Mickey out
1:19.3	to each other.
1:20.3	As long as you all agree.
1:21.5	Yeah, well, you always all agree.
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