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Front Row: Barbara Windsor, Cillian Murphy and Enda Walsh

Barbara Windsor, Cillian Murphy and Enda Walsh

20/04/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Barbara Windsor, Cillian Murphy and Enda Walsh

With Mark Lawson, including interviews with actors Barbara Windsor and Cillian Murphy.

Mark Lawson who talks to Barbara Windsor about 50 years in showbusiness, and to film star Cillian Murphy as he returns to the stage in a one-man show written by Enda Walsh.

With Mark Lawson. 

Barbara Windsor reflects on her career, as she receives a lifetime achievement award at the Bradford International Film Festival. Long before her best-known roles in the Carry On films and as Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders, she worked with Joan Littlewood at Theatre Royal, Stratford East and was nominated for awards for her performances in Sparrers Can't Sing and Oh, What A Lovely War! 

Playwright Enda Walsh and actor Cillian Murphy first collaborated on the acclaimed play Disco Pigs in 1996. Both have gone on to forge successful careers in theatre and film, and have re-united for Misterman, a one-man play at the National Theatre. They reflect on how they've both changed over time, and why it is impossible to be a celebrity in Ireland. 

Timothy Mo's new novel is called Pure - which is also the title of Andrew Miller's recent prize-winning novel . And the new biography of Simon Cowell is called Sweet Revenge, a title found on a number of romantic novels. Professor John Sutherland reflects on some of the most frequently used titles in literary history.

Producer Erin Riley.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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