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Front Row: Alan Ayckbourn, Omid Djalili, Venice Film Festival

Alan Ayckbourn, Omid Djalili, Venice Film Festival

29/08/2014

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Alan Ayckbourn, Omid Djalili, Venice Film Festival

Kirsty Lang talks to award-winning playwright Alan Ayckbourn about his 78th play Roundelay

Playwright Alan Ayckbourn on his 78th play, Roundelay; comedian Omid Djalili on his memoir; the new 'video games' that only use audio; news from the Venice Film Festival.

Kirsty Lang talks to Olivier and Tony Award winning playwright Alan Ayckbourn about Roundelay, his 78th play. Comedian Omid Djalili discusses his memoir Hopeful: An Autobiography which is about his unconventional childhood and adolescence. Two developers of "video games" that have no visuals but are just audio explain how to play these imaginative games and Catherine Bray joins Kirsty from the Venice Film Festival with news of the films that are making waves and the up and coming directing talent to look out for.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Olivia Skinner.

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