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Front Row: New Pixar film Brave, Mike Scott of the Waterboys, pop stars changing names

New Pixar film Brave, Mike Scott of the Waterboys, pop stars changing names

06/08/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, New Pixar film Brave, Mike Scott of the Waterboys, pop stars changing names

New Pixar animated film Brave, Mike Scott of the Waterboys, and pop stars changing names.

A review of Brave, the latest animation from Pixar; Mike Scott of the Waterboys on his memoir; pop stars who change their names; and why Monday is the new Friday for film releases.

With Kirsty Lang, 

Brave is the latest animated film from Pixar and features the voices of Emma Thompson, Billy Connolly and Julie Walters. Set in the Scottish highlands in the 10th century, the film tells the story of a Princess who defies her family's expectations by refusing an arranged marriage. Writer Denise Mina reviews.

Brave and another major film The Bourne Legacy are set to be released next Monday, five days before the traditional Friday opening, Front Row discusses the possible impact upon the industry with historian Ian Christie, cinema owner Kevin Markwick and critic Nigel Floyd.

Scottish-born musician and lead singer of The Waterboys discusses his new memoir Adventures of a Waterboy. The autobiography takes him from his early years as a struggling musician in Ayr to Ireland, New York, Dublin, and the Findhorn spiritual community in northern Scotland.

In celebration of the Olympics, the BBC - in partnership with the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh - has selected and recorded a poem representing every single country competing. Each is read by a native of that country who's made their home here in Britain. Every night for the Olympic fortnight Front Row features one of these poems.

And as Lily Allen and Snoop Dogg announce they've decided it's time for a name-change, Danny Robins considers the ramifications for those who've chosen a nomenclature makeover in the past.

Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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