Tonight's programme includes a look at Anthony Minghella's film
The English Patient (1996), which has received a total of 12 Oscar nominations. A love story set during the Second World War, it stars Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas. Ralph Fiennes, nominated for best actor, joins Barry Norman in the studio to discuss the film. Other films under review include
Mother Night (1996) starring Nick Nolte, and Shirley MacLaine in
The Evening Star (1996), the sequel to
Terms of Endearment (1983).
—Radio Times