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Front Row

Handel's Saul, Paul Murray, The Monkees, Life in squares

Duration: 30 minutes

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

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Samira Ahmed talks to opera director Barrie Kosky about his Glyndebourne production of Handel's Saul.

Irish writer Paul Murray talks about the follow-up to his hugely successful novel Skippy Dies. The Mark and The Void is a timely satire about the European financial crisis.

Priya Parmar reviews the BBC's new drama series about the Bloomsbury group, Life in Squares.

Plus Monkees fan Iain Lee, who has tracked down original mastertapes of Micky Dolenz's unreleased songs, and is now releasing them as a vinyl-only album. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Barrie Kosky
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Priya Parmar
Interviewed Guest:
Iain Lee

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