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Front Row: Terry and Bill Jones, Chiwetel Ejiofor, I Give It a Year

Terry and Bill Jones, Chiwetel Ejiofor, I Give It a Year

04/02/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Terry and Bill Jones, Chiwetel Ejiofor, I Give It a Year

Includes Terry and Bill Jones on Graham Chapman, actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, I Give It a Year.

With Terry Jones and Bill Jones on Graham Chapman, Chiwetel Ejiofor on playing a jazz musician in Stephen Poliakoff's TV drama Dancing on the Edge, the new film I Give It a Year.

With Mark Lawson.

Terry Jones and his son, director Bill Jones, discuss working together on the film A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman. Based on recordings made by Chapman, the animated film also includes the voices of fellow Pythons Terry Jones, John Cleese, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam.

Chiwetel Ejiofor talks about his role in Dancing on the Edge, the new TV drama from writer and director Stephen Poliakoff, in which he plays a 1930s jazz band leader. He also reflects on previous roles, which include Othello on stage. 

The new TV series Being Eileen continues the story of the dysfunctional Lewis family, first seen in the one-off Christmas drama Lapland. Chris Dunkley looks back at the tradition of turning one-off dramas into long-running series.

The film I Give It A Year is the directorial debut of Dan Mazer, co-writer of films including Borat and Bruno. Unlike traditional rom-coms, the story unfolds after the wedding, with Rafe Spall and Rose Byrne playing newly-weds battling against a potential break-up. Gaylene Gould gives her verdict. 

Producer Olivia Skinner.

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