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Front Row: Philip Glass; Michael Douglas plays Liberace; P D James on Philip Larkin

Philip Glass; Michael Douglas plays Liberace; P D James on Philip Larkin

03/06/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Philip Glass; Michael Douglas plays Liberace; P D James on Philip Larkin

Julian Clary reviews Michael Douglas as Liberace, composer Philip Glass, and PD James.

Julian Clary reviews Behind the Candelabra with Michael Douglas as Liberace, Philip Glass on his opera about Walt Disney, PD James' Cultural Exchange and a French zombie drama.

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Comedian Julian Clary reviews Steven Soderbergh's film Behind the Candelabra, starring Michael Douglas as Liberace, with Matt Damon as his lover Scott Thorson.

American composer Philip Glass discusses his latest opera, The Perfect American, which imagines the last few months of Walt Disney's life. It's based on the novel by Peter Stephan Jungk and directed by Phelim McDermott, and is Philip Glass's 24th opera.

Novelist P D James reveals her choice for the Cultural Exchange, in which leading creative minds share their passion for a favourite work. She nominates a poem by Philip Larkin.

Channel 4's first subtitled drama for two decades, French zombie drama The Returned, is reviewed by novelist Denise Mina.

Producer Stephen Hughes.

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