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Front Row: Lisa Dwan; Lucy; Mark Ravenhill on Alan Turing; Richard Osman on TV quiz formats

Lucy reviewed; Mark Ravenhill on Alan Turing; Richard Osman on new TV quiz formats

19/08/2014

Lisa Dwan; Lucy; Mark Ravenhill on Alan Turing; Richard Osman on TV quiz formats

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Lisa Dwan; Lucy; Mark Ravenhill on Alan Turing; Richard Osman on TV quiz formats

Arts news with John Wilson, including a review of Scarlett Johansson's new film Lucy.

Arts news with John Wilson including Lisa Dwan on performing Beckett's Not I, Scarlett Johansson's new film Lucy, Richard Osman on new TV formats and Mark Ravenhill on Alan Turing.

With John Wilson, who reviews Luc Bresson's new action thriller Lucy, which stars Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman.

John talks to Irish actor Lisa Dwan about performing Beckett's play Not I with just her mouth visible, and discusses creating new tv quiz shows with BBC's Richard Osman and Channel 4's Justin Gorman.

Plus Mark Ravenhill on taking the voice of Alan Turing as part of Talking Statues initiative, where 35 statues in London and Manchester will tell their own stories.

Presenter : John Wilson
Producer : Dymphna Flynn.

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