E Radio 4 della BBC ha iniziato a trasmettere Mr Wilder and Me (2020) di Jonathan Coe, dieci episodi giornalieri con la lettura di Jasmine Hyde nell'adattamento di Florence Bedell. Intanto si inizia a parlare di una futura versione cinematografica, diretta addirittura da Stephen Frears...
In the summer of 1977, naïve Calista Frangopoulou sets out to venture into the world. On a Greek island that has been turned into a film set, she finds herself working for Billy Wilder, about whom she knows almost nothing. While Calista is thrilled with her new adventure, Wilder himself is living with the realisation that his star may be on the wane. Rebuffed by Hollywood, he has financed his film with German money, and when Calista follows him to Munich, she finds herself joining him on a journey of memory into the dark heart of his family history. At once a tender coming-of-age story and an intimate portrait of a Hollywood icon, Mr Wilder and Me explores the nature of time and fame, of family and the treacherous lure of nostalgia...