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Front Row: Andrew Lloyd Webber; Christmas TV; Anchorman 2

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16/12/2013

Andrew Lloyd Webber; Christmas TV; Anchorman 2

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Andrew Lloyd Webber; Christmas TV; Anchorman 2

Andrew Lloyd Webber on his new musical Stephen Ward; Mishal Husain reviews Anchorman 2.

Andrew Lloyd Webber discusses his latest musical, Stephen Ward, as it opens in the West End; the Today programme's Mishal Husain reviews Anchorman 2; and a Christmas TV round-up.

With Mark Lawson.

Ron Burgundy returns in Anchorman 2. Will Ferrell's hirsute newsreader and his crack team of reporters make it to the big-time as they bring their unique brand of newsgathering to New York city. Mishal Husain discusses whether this sequel to the cult comedy has stayed classy.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest musical examines the life and death of society osteopath Stephen Ward, a key figure in the 1963 Profumo scandal, who later committed suicide. Lloyd Webber explains the crucial role Front Row played in the musical coming to fruition and discusses his frustration at the secrecy surrounding the events of Ward's trial.

It's the battle of the costume dramas this Christmas. From the BBC it's Death Comes to Pemberley, adapted from PD James's follow-up to Pride and Prejudice. Six years after the marriage of Elizabeth Bennett and Mr Darcy, the couple are preparing for the annual ball at their magnificent Pemberley home, when the family's peace is shattered by a murder in the estate's woodlands. And from ITV, it's Downton Abbey where it's the summer season and as part of Rose's 'coming out' she is to be presented at Buckingham Palace. Rachel Cooke reviews both.

Producer: Ellie Bury.

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