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Front Row

Alan Ayckbourn, Omid Djalili, Venice Film Festival

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Kirsty Lang talks to Olivier and Tony Award winning playwright Alan Ayckbourn about Roundelay, his 78th play. Comedian Omid Djalili discusses his memoir Hopeful: An Autobiography which is about his unconventional childhood and adolescence. Two developers of "video games" that have no visuals but are just audio explain how to play these imaginative games and Catherine Bray joins Kirsty from the Venice Film Festival with news of the films that are making waves and the up and coming directing talent to look out for.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Olivia Skinner. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Alan Ayckbourn
Interviewed Guest:
Omid Djalili
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Bray
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Bennun
Interviewed Guest:
Pierre-Alain Gagne

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