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Front Row: The Killers, Booker Prize shortlist, Woody Allen film, Bronze

The Killers, Booker Prize shortlist, Woody Allen film, Bronze

11/09/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, The Killers, Booker Prize shortlist, Woody Allen film, Bronze

Mark Lawson on bronze artworks, American band The Killers and the Booker Prize shortlist.

Mark Lawson talks to American band The Killers, reviews the exhibition Bronze and Woody Allen's 'To Rome With Love', and discusses the shortlist for the Man Booker Prize 2012.

With Mark Lawson 

Las Vegas band The Killers are in the UK ahead of the release of their new album, Battle Born, next week. In a rare interview recorded shortly before going on stage to roadtest their new material, singer Brandon Flowers and drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr discuss writing and performing their fourth album. 

Woody Allen's cinematic tour of Europe continues with his new film To Rome With Love. The romantic comedy takes the form of four separate stories played by an all-star cast, including Allen as an opera director, Penelope Cruz and Alec Baldwin - all of whom find themselves in Italy's capital city. Comedian Tiffany Stevenson reviews.

The shortlist for the Man Booker Prize for fiction is announced today. Chair of judges Sir Peter Stothard and fellow judge actor Dan Stevens discuss the six titles competing for the £50 000 prize. 

Bronze sculptures from 5,000 years ago until the present day come together at the Royal Academy in London in an exhibition called Bronze. Works from Asia, Africa and Europe, ancient Greece and Rome sit alongside pieces by Rodin, Picasso, Giacometti, Henry Moore and Louise Bourgeois. Historian Tom Holland reviews.


Producer Nicki Paxman.

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