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Monday, May 18, 2020: Ricky Gervais, Margaret Atwood and more

Today on q: actor and comedian Ricky Gervais, author Margaret Atwood, q screen panel with Kathleen Newman-Bremang and John Semley, singer-songwriter William Prince.
Actor and comedian Ricky Gervais, author Margaret Atwood, q screen panel with Kathleen Newman-Bremang and John Semley, singer-songwriter William Prince. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC via AP, Aaron Vincent Elkaim/Canadian Press, Glassnote Records)

Today on q, with host Tom Power:

  • Actor and comedian Ricky Gervais talks about his hit Netflix comedy-drama After Life, the show's complex portrayal of grief, and why he tends to dive "headfirst into taboo subjects."

  • When Margaret Atwood turned 80 last November, she celebrated it with a special extended and wide-ranging conversation with Tom Power, opening up about backwoods adventures, royal encounters and the moment she decided to be a writer.

  • The q screen panel returns. Arts and entertainment writers Kathleen Newman-Bremang and John Semley discuss the future of TV as the pandemic shifts from a crisis situation to the new normal.

  • Singer-songwriter William Prince checks in with us to share how he's been coping with the lockdown, which came right after the release of his latest album, Reliever.

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