>> tonight, the king's speak starring collin further and directed by tom hooper. we he will talk to both of them. >> you have what looks like a perfect storm conspiring against this man. what could possibly be worse? your greatest demon is to have to speak, to anybody, and so this is his job. he is obviously the first king to ever have to do it and the last one to have to do it unrecorded, so it's not a great good fortune to land in that interval. >> you have the man with this stamina who has to become king, against his choice, almost against his will, right at the moment, radio has taken over as the mass medium and the coming of the new medium has transfigurured the monarchy. before the king was just a figure. he could just fulfill the role of king. suddenly with the coming of radio, you had to speak to the people, not just the english people but there were 58 people in the british empire when the film begins. suddenly, there's a pressure on a king to be able to connect emotionally. >> also this evening, fran lebowitz talking about a new film about her and her li