Ralph Fiennes: Kipling

Acclaimed British Hollywood actor Ralph Fiennes reads Rudyard Kipling's poems and excerpts from the Jungle Book, Kim, and the Just So Stories. Classic short stories and children's favourites (including 'Rikki-Tikki-Tavi') recorded in the study at Bateman's, Kipling's Jacobean house where he wrote many of his books. Imaginative readings interspersed with traditional Indian music and works by Elgar, reflecting Kipling's deep association with the country of his birth. A must-have for lovers of theatre, literature, poetry, and British classical music, to be cherished by children and adults alike. Fiennes directs and stars in a film adaptation of Shakespeare's Coriolanus, opening in cinemas 2011.