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Front Row: Harrison Birtwistle; The Grandmaster; Christmas boxset recommendations; Wonder Woman's historical significance

Harrison Birtwistle; The Grandmaster; Christmas boxset recommendations; Wonder Woman's historical significance

04/12/2014

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Harrison Birtwistle; The Grandmaster; Christmas boxset recommendations; Wonder Woman's historical significance

Composer Harrison Birtwistle at 80; The Grandmaster; Christmas boxsets; Wonder Woman.

Including an interview with composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle; a review of Wong Kar-Wai's film The Grandmaster; the best boxsets to watch this Christmas; Wonder Woman biography.

The composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle discusses his music as a season celebrating his 80th birthday begins at London's Southbank Centre.

Iain Lee reviews The Grandmaster, the new film from Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai, which traces the life of the Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man, who taught Bruce Lee.

Boyd Hilton receommends the boxsets that should be making their way into stockings this Christmas.

"Great Hera!" - Jill Lepore, author of The Secret History of Wonder Woman, discusses the strange origins of this female superhero inspired by early 20th century feminism and created by man.

Producer: Ellie Bury
Presenter: Samira Ahmed.

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