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Front Row: Anthony Horowitz on Sherlock Holmes; Skyfall

Anthony Horowitz on Sherlock Holmes; Skyfall

03/11/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Anthony Horowitz on Sherlock Holmes; Skyfall

Anthony Horowitz on writing a new Sherlock Holmes story; Skyfall - the next James Bond.

With Mark Lawson. Including Anthony Horowitz on writing a new Sherlock Holmes novel, and a review of Tate Liverpool's Alice in Wonderland exhibition.

With Mark Lawson. 

Anthony Horowitz, author of the Alex Ryder spy series, has written a new Sherlock Holmes novel. He discusses how he has approached the distinctive narrative voice, and reflects on the potential pitfalls in taking on such well-loved characters. 

Alice in Wonderland, an exhibition at Tate Liverpool, examines how Lewis Carroll's classic books have inspired a wide range of art, from Victorian paintings to videos. Children's author and illustrator Chris Mould reviews.

Dramatist David Edgar talks about his new play Written on the Heart, which marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible. The play explores the different fates of the two translators: death at the stake for one, and for the other the possibility of an archbishop's mitre. 

The next James Bond film will be called Skyfall - which is not one of Ian Fleming's original titles. Language expert David Crystal reflects on the possible sources of the word skyfall, and film critic Mark Eccleston discusses what makes a great Bond title.

Producer: Georgia Mann.

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