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Front Row: Heidi Thomas on Call the Midwife; trumpeter Alison Balsam

Heidi Thomas on Call the Midwife; trumpeter Alison Balsam

13/01/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Heidi Thomas on Call the Midwife; trumpeter Alison Balsam

John Wilson talks to Heidi Thomas about Call the Midwife, and to trumpeter Alison Balsom.

With John Wilson. Screenwriter Heidi Thomas on her new TV drama series Call the Midwife; trumpeter Alison Balsom; and the memoirs of singer-songwriter Gil Scott-Heron.

With John Wilson 

Screenwriter Heidi Thomas, whose credits include Cranford, discusses her forthcoming TV adaptation of Jennifer Worth's best-selling memoir Call The Midwife, set in the East End of London in the 1950s. 

John talks to the trumpeter Alison Balsom, twice-winner of the Female Artist Of The Year award at the Classic Brits, whose latest CD showcases 20th century works for trumpet, including a piece written for Alison by the composer James MacMillan 

Publisher Jamie Byng tells the story behind The Last Holiday, the posthumous memoir of singer-songwriter Gil Scott-Heron 

In a year where arts organisations around the UK are calling for volunteers for a range of projects, Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller explains why he's advertising for people to help with his own installations, which include a fully-functional cafe. 

Producer Rebecca Nicholson.

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