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Front Row

Louis Theroux, National Poetry Day, Merch yr Eog

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux discusses his new film My Scientology Movie, Jimmy Savile, and his particular documentary-making style.

To celebrate National Poetry Day, PJ Harvey, Daljit Nagra and Holly McNish will each be introducing and reading a new poem each for Front Row.

Sara Lloyd from the Welsh-language National Theatre Wales, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, and Thomas Cloarec from Breton company Teatr Piba discuss their collaboration on a new play. Merch yr Eog (The Salmon's Daughter) is performed in Welsh, Breton, French and Creole and translated for the audience through a smartphone app.

Presenter Samira Ahmed
Producer Marilyn Rust. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Louis Theroux
Interviewed Guest:
PJ Harvey
Interviewed Guest:
Daljit Nagra
Interviewed Guest:
Hollie McNish
Interviewed Guest:
Sara Lloyd
Interviewed Guest:
Thomas Cloarec
Producer:
Marilyn Rust

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