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Front Row

Ricky Tomlinson; The Driver; Francesca Rhydderch; Anselm Kiefer

Duration: 30 minutes

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

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Ricky Tomlinson and playwright Neil Gore talk to John Wilson about United We Stand, a new play which looks at the controversial criminal prosecution that followed the 1972 national building workers' strike; Dreda Say Mitchell reviews The Driver, BBC1's new drama starring David Morrissey whose life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself moonlighting for a criminal gang. Also on the programme, Francesca Rhydderch, who's been shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award, reveals the research she undertook for her entry, The Taxidermist's Daughter; and this week the German artist Anselm Kiefer, whose 40-year career wrestles with the darkness of Germany's history, has his first major UK retrospective. The exhibition's curator Kathleen Soriano discusses the themes and the monumental scale of Kiefer's work on show at the Royal Academy. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Ricky Tomlinson
Interviewed Guest:
Neil Gore
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Francesca Rhydderch
Interviewed Guest:
Kathleen Soriano

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