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Front Row: Donny Osmond, AN Wilson on Cecil Beaton, the return of Dallas

Donny Osmond, AN Wilson on Cecil Beaton, the return of Dallas

05/09/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Donny Osmond, AN Wilson on Cecil Beaton, the return of Dallas

Donny Osmond, Cecil Beaton's war photos, the return of Dallas and new art from China.

Singer Donny Osmond discusses his new tour, AN Wilson reviews a new Cecil Beaton photo exhibition, plus the return of TV series Dallas and new art from China. With Mark Lawson.

With Mark Lawson. 

As Donny Osmond prepares for a series of British concerts with his sister Marie, the 1970s teen star-turned middle-aged grandfather looks back over his career, including his adolescent years, sharing a stage with the Jackson Five, and his parents' role in the Osmonds phenomenon. 

Cecil Beaton was one of Britain's most celebrated photographers and designers, best known for documenting royalty and celebrity, but a new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in London explores a lesser-known side of his work. Cecil Beaton: Theatre of War follows Beaton on his travels during the Second World War as he explored the impact of war on people and places. Writer A N Wilson reviews.

A new series of the long-running US TV soap Dallas returns tonight. Viewers last saw the Ewing family two decades ago, and now everyone is gathering at Southfork Ranch where old family rivalries are about to erupt. TV critic Chris Dunkley considers how the new model compares with the old, and Dallas rookie Larushka Ivan-Zadeh gives her initial response to the every day story of Texan oilfolk. 

Art of Change: New Directions from China is a new exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in London which focuses on contemporary installation and performance art from China from the last two decades. Charlotte Mullins reviews. 

Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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