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Front Row: TV drama Silk reviewed; Sophie Hannah; The Unthanks

TV drama Silk reviewed; Sophie Hannah; The Unthanks

17/02/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, TV drama Silk reviewed; Sophie Hannah; The Unthanks

TV drama Silk reviewed; novelist and poet Sophie Hannah; The Unthanks on their new disc.

With Kirsty Lang, including novelist and poet Sophie Hannah on her new novel Lasting Damage, and a review of TV drama Silk, starring Maxine Peake and Rupert Penry-Jones.

With Kirsty Lang.

Novelist and award-winning poet Sophie Hannah talks about her new psychological thriller, Lasting Damage. 

Rachel Unthank and Adrian McNally discuss making music to mark the North East's shipbuilding past, and explain why The Unthanks' new album won't be their last.

Crime-fiction writer Natasha Cooper reviews Silk, a new TV drama starring Maxine Peake and Rupert Penry-Jones as two barristers competing to become a QC. One of Cooper's most famous heroines, Trish Maguire, is a barrister and features in titles such as Creeping Ivy and Prey to All.

David Lewis has created one of the largest private collections of Old Masters in Britain. As works from his collection go on display at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, he looks back at how it all began. 

Producer Ella-mai Robey.

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