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Front Row: Tom Stoppard; Page One reviewed

Tom Stoppard; Page One reviewed

21/09/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Tom Stoppard; Page One reviewed

Tom Stoppard on Travesties; newspaper documentary Page One reviewed.

Tom Stoppard on reviving Travesties; Kelvin Mackenzie and Andreas Whittam Smith review Page One, a documentary showing a year in the life of the New York Times.

With Mark Lawson.

Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times is a new cinema documentary in which the film-makers were given unprecedented access to the newsroom for a year, at a time when this American institution was undergoing a period of great change. Former newspaper editors Kelvin MacKenzie and Andreas Whittam Smith review.

Tom Stoppard discusses a revival of his classic comedy Travesties, which depicts a fictional meeting between James Joyce, Lenin and Tristan Tzara. Over 30 years after its original performance, the playwright reflects on which of the jokes are lost to a modern audience. 

Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, the writers behind Peep Show, discuss their new TV comedy series Fresh Meat. It follows six ill-assorted student house-mates starting out at university, with a cast including stand-up comic Jack Whitehall. 

Producer Philippa Ritchie 
  
Presenter  Mark Lawson.

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