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Front Row: Godzilla reviewed; Ailyn Perez and Stephen Costello in La Traviata

Godzilla reviewed; Ailyn Perez and Stephen Costello in La Traviata

13/05/2014

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Godzilla reviewed; Ailyn Perez and Stephen Costello in La Traviata

Godzilla reviewed, Ailyn Perez & Stephen Costello in La Traviata, playwright Peter Bowker.

Godzilla reviewed, America's fastest rising opera stars Ailyn Perez and Stephen Costello in La Traviata, playwright Peter Bowker on his new TV drama on the 1996 Manchester bombing.

With John Wilson. Godzilla's back in cinemas this Thursday in a new film by British director Gareth Edwards, who earned worldwide acclaim for his debut Monsters in 2010. This time the world's most famous monster is pitted against a humanity arrogant enough to think it can control nature. Antonia Quirke reviews.

John meets Ailyn Perez and Stephen Costello, two young American singers dubbed "America's fastest-rising husband-and-wife opera stars" who are starring in La Traviata at London's Royal Opera House.

From There To Here is the latest TV series from writer Peter Bowker. The drama follows two families from different backgrounds in the aftermath of the 1996 bomb explosion in central Manchester. Peter tells John about his desire to write a love-letter to Manchester.

Six British feature films including A Matter of Life and Death and Bend It Like Beckham are being celebrated today with a new issue of stamps. Philip Parker, Head of Stamps Strategy at the Royal Mail explains the choices.

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