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Front Row: Harry Hill and Launch of the Cultural Olympiad 2012

Harry Hill and Launch of the Cultural Olympiad 2012

07/12/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Harry Hill and Launch of the Cultural Olympiad 2012

Mark Lawson is at the launch of the Cultural Olympiad, and interviews comedian Harry Hill.

Mark Lawson talks to Cultural Olympiad Director Ruth Mackenzie, comedian Harry Hill discusses celebrity memoirs and Richard Cork reviews novels set in the art world.

Mark Lawson reports on the artists taking part in the Cultural Olympiad, as he speaks to director Ruth Mackenzie at the 2012 launch. 

BAFTA and Perrier award-winning comic Harry Hill discusses his unique take on the celebrity memoir, his ongoing primetime success with ITV's TV Burp and his new album on which he performs a duet with Bruce Forsyth.

Richard Cork reviews three novels set in the art world: An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin, Gallery Girl by Wendy Holden, and Playing the Game by Barbara Taylor Bradford.

Producer: Claire Bartleet.

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