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Front Row: Martin Scorsese's Hugo 3D; Sports Book of the Year

Martin Scorsese's Hugo 3D; Sports Book of the Year

28/11/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Martin Scorsese's Hugo 3D; Sports Book of the Year

Mark Lawson on Martin Scorsese's new film; news of the Sports Book of the Year winner.

Mark Lawson reviews Martin Scorsese's first film in 3D and meets the winner of the Sports Book of the Year prize. Mark Kermode pays tribute to Ken Russell, who died yesterday.

Martin Scorsese has directed his first film in 3D. Adapted from the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick, Hugo is the tale of a boy who lives in a Paris railway station in the 1930s, and features Ben Kingsley, Jude Law and Sacha Baron Cohen. Naomi Alderman reviews. 

The winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2011 is announced today. Mark interviews all seven shortlisted authors, whose books cover a range of sports including football, rugby, cycling, running and bullfighting, and the winner of the £27,500 prize responds to the judges' verdict.

The death of the film-maker Ken Russell was announced today. He was 84. Critic Mark Kermode reflects on Russell's life and career, and there's another chance to hear Ken Russell himself discussing his home movies and his opinions on the film industry, from a Front Row interview recorded in 2008. 

Producer Nicki Paxman.

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