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06-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Science and Media Museum to close for two days
The National Science and Media Museum in Bradford will be temporarily closed to daytime visitors on Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 May as it hosts a major creative industries conference. Speakers including TV presenter Anita Rani, BBC director general Tim Davie, West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin and UK City of Culture creative director Shanaz Gulzar will address the Creative Cities Convention. The annual event attracts professionals working in the film, TV and digital industries. Key stakeholders include the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Paramount and Pact. The museum will reopen to the public on Friday 9 May, with its current exhibitions and galleries. Jo Quinton-Tulloch, director of the National Science and Media Museum, said: "We're thrilled to be hosting the Creative Cities Convention at the museum whilst Bradford is centre stage as UK City of Culture. "As the UK's national museum exploring the evolution of screen technologies, we're a place of inspiration for the content creators of today and the future. "And with Bradford as the world's first Unesco City of Film, where iconic filming locations abound, it's a fitting place to bring the UK's TV, film, and digital industries together." Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the museum's Pictureville cinema will screen BBC documentary Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire to mark the 40th anniversary of the tragedy. The following evening, it will show The Brontës by Anita Rani: Sisters of Disruption, a Sky Arts documentary exploring the influence of the Brontë sisters. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North. National Science and Media Museum
Yahoo
23-04-2025
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Anita Rani's Brontë documentary to be screened free at Pictureville
A new television programme will explore the impact of the Brontë sisters on millions of readers - with a free screening in Bradford planned. The Brontës by Anita Rani: Sisters of Disruption will look at the influence of Anne, Charlotte, and Emily Brontë on readers over the years - including Anita Rani herself. The programme is partly autobiographical, tracing Rani's relationship with the Brontës as she returns to her hometown of Bradford. She recalls her first encounter with the sisters at school and her experience of growing up with the landscape of Haworth and the moors on her doorstep. Rani also meets fellow Brontë fans and literary experts to discuss how and why these sisters became ground-breaking 'literary disruptors' (in the words of a spokesperson), whose work still feels relevant and influential today. Executive producer Mark Robinson said: "The legacy of the astounding work of Anne, Charlotte, and Emily Brontë continues to reverberate around the world - they were challenging the patriarchy two hundred years ago. "The worlds the sisters created have influenced culture across the centuries - from Kate Bush to Taylor Swift, Game of Thrones to Saltburn. "As well as looking at how they inspired her, Anita will also discover just what made them so subversive – and very different to the timid image so frequently associated with them." Rani said: "These strong, unearthly sisters fed into my psyche and made me think anything was possible. "I related to the darkness and tragedy in the Brontës' had as much impact on me as Neneh Cherry, The Smiths, and Goldie. "In this film I'm going to explore how these women - so full of rage - changed my life, and the world. "Growing up, romance wasn't on the cards. "Bollywood felt distant. "But he could have been Indian - dark hair, dark would he not be?" Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture and Sky Arts have announced a free screening of the programme on May 7 as part of the Creative Cities Convention. This will be followed by a panel discussion with Rani and Shanaz Gulzar, creative director of Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture. The programme will then be available to watch on Sky Arts, Freeview, and streaming platform NOW from May 20. Tickets for the free screening, which will take place at Pictureville Cinema, are available at The free screening event begins at 7pm, with a 6.30pm arrival time.
