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Listen to the Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin Full Show Podcast for Sunday 4 October. 
Get the Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin Full Show Podcast every Sunday on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.

News, opinion, analysis, lifestyle and entertainment – we’ve got your Sunday morning listening covered with The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin on Newstalk ZB.

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin

Full Show Podcast: 04 October 2026 

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Amid the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, one filmmaker has made a start on depicting history as it continues to unfold.

The Wizard of the Kremlin is an adaptation of the book of the same name and it follows the political landscape of post-Soviet Russia and President Vladimir Putin's resulting rise to power. 

French filmmaker Olivier Assayas says making a movie about modern history comes with risks and concerns - since the world can change in five minutes these days. 

"You're dealing with a battleground that's very much alive, and anything can happen, including major events that would make your movie worthless or pointless. I always had in the back of my mind - okay, we're shooting, we're rewriting this, we're preparing this, we're shooting this, where will we be in a year?" 

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Amid the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, one filmmaker has made a start on depicting history as it continues to unfold.
The Wizard of the Kremlin is an adaptation of the book of the same name and it follows the political landscape of post-Soviet Russia and President Vladimir Putin's resulting rise to power.&nbsp;
French filmmaker Olivier Assayas says making a movie about modern history comes with risks and concerns - since the world can change in five minutes these days.&nbsp;
"You're dealing with a battleground that's very much alive, and anything can happen, including major events that would make your movie worthless or pointless. I always had in the back of my mind - okay, we're shooting, we're rewriting this, we're preparing this, we're shooting this, where will we be in a year?"&nbsp;
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Olivier Assayas: Wizard of the Kremlin director on what the historical film can offer fans

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Sir Tony Robinson has made a name for himself as an actor, an author and a historian - and he's set to bring his stories to New Zealand shores for another tour.

Following the success of his tour in February, he's set to bring An Audience with Sir Tony Robinson: The Regional Encore Tour across New Zealand this November. 

Robinson says he's looking forward to experiencing the 'variety' all of New Zealand's cities can offer him, especially in the regional areas. 

"It's the same with my career - when I'm doing something, it's like part of my brain's going, next one, next one, what happens next?" 

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Sir Tony Robinson has made a name for himself as an actor, an author and a historian - and he's set to bring his stories to New Zealand shores for another tour.
Following the success of his tour in February, he's set to bring An Audience with Sir Tony Robinson: The Regional Encore Tour across New Zealand this November.&nbsp;
Robinson says he's looking forward to experiencing the 'variety' all of New Zealand's cities can offer him, especially in the regional areas.&nbsp;
"It's the same with my career - when I'm doing something, it's like part of my brain's going, next one, next one, what happens next?"&nbsp;
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Sir Tony Robinson: actor, author and historian on returning to New Zealand shores to tour in November

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Stations by Louise Kennedy. Róisín and Red are kids in the same small Irish town, some years later meeting up again in a precarious London squat where Red has discovered booze and drugs and sidelines Róisín who has to make her own life. For 25 years they’re haunted by each other, and what might have been.

Nothing But the Truth by Stuart Greive KC. With over five decades working in law, few have had as much experience of New Zealand courtrooms as Stuart Grieve KC. Having had a front-row seat for many of the most notorious cases in our recent history, he's also seen the evolution of our legal systems and society over the years. 

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Stations by Louise Kennedy.&nbsp;Róisín and Red are kids in the same small Irish town, some years later meeting up again in a precarious London squat where Red has discovered booze and drugs and sidelines Róisín who has to make her own life. For 25 years they’re haunted by each other, and what might have been.
Nothing But the Truth by Stuart Greive KC.&nbsp;With over five decades working in law, few have had as much experience of New Zealand courtrooms as Stuart Grieve KC. Having had a front-row seat for many of the most notorious cases in our recent history, he's also seen the evolution of our legal systems and society over the years.&nbsp;
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Whitcoulls Recommends: Stations and Nothing But the Truth

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Full Show Podcast: 04 October 2026

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