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Front Row: Andrew Stanton; William Byrd; sports documentaries

Andrew Stanton; William Byrd; sports documentaries

05/03/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Andrew Stanton; William Byrd; sports documentaries

Mark Lawson with Oscar-winning film-maker Andrew Stanton; William Byrd's music.

Mark Lawson interviews the Oscar-winning film-maker Andrew Stanton; a review of two new sporting TV documentaries; and the life and secretly-performed music of William Byrd.

With Mark Lawson.

Andrew Stanton is an Oscar-winning film-maker whose credits include Toy Story and Finding Nemo. His latest film is John Carter, a sci-fi time travel fantasy set on Mars. He reflects on working with Steve Jobs at Pixar and how directing live action differs from animation.

Alyson Rudd reviews two new TV documentaries which both focus on a sporting challenge - Racing With The Hamiltons, looking at the motorsport aspirations of Lewis' brother Nic, and David Walliams' Big Swim.

Andrew Carwood and his early music choir The Cardinall's Musick are touring the UK this year performing music by the Elizabethan composer William Byrd, for which they recently won the Gramophone Recording of the Year Award. Carwood reflects on how difficult it must have been for the devoutly Catholic Byrd in Reformation England and how this double-life produced such majestic music. 

Producer Ellie Bury.

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