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Front Row: A controversial play about Apple; Shirley Hughes; the original Homeland

A controversial play about Apple; Shirley Hughes; the original Homeland

03/05/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, A controversial play about Apple; Shirley Hughes; the original Homeland

The creator of a controversial play about Apple, plus children's writer Shirley Hughes.

Kirsty Lang meets the creator of a controversial play about Apple, plus children's writer Shirley Hughes, and why TV dramas created in Israel are the source of international hits.

With Kirsty Lang. 

The Agony And The Ecstasy Of Steve Jobs is a one-man theatre piece by Mike Daisey, describing the appeal of Apple products and a visit Mike made to a factory where they're made in China. Created in 2010, the piece hit controversy this March, when the US Public Radio show This American Life revealed that some elements of the show were not true. Mike Daisey has come to the UK to perform the piece, and he discusses his response to the controversy. 

Shirley Hughes is a much-loved picture-book maker for younger children and has illustrated more than 200 books. She's now written her first novel, aimed at older children and teenagers, set in occupied Italy during the 1939-45 war. She discusses her choice of subject and the experience of writing for an older readership.

Sandra Hebron reviews Goodbye First Love, an acclaimed film about first love set against the backdrop of modern Paris. 

International hit US TV dramas In Treatment and Homeland are versions of shows first created in Israel. Naomi Alderman considers why Israeli programmes are proving so popular. 

Producer Stephen Hughes.

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