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Front Row: Idris Elba; Howard Hodgkin; V&A's Italian Courts

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26/11/2014

Idris Elba; Howard Hodgkin; V&A's Italian Courts

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Idris Elba; Howard Hodgkin; V&A's Italian Courts

Actor Idris Elba on his new album, painter Howard Hodgkin, and V&A's Italian Courts reopen

Actor Idris Elba on his new album, painter Howard Hodgkin, and the V&A's Italian Courts reopen.

With John Wilson.

Actor Idris Elba discusses his album, mi Mandela, inspired by the experience of portraying Nelson Mandela in The Long Walk to Freedom. He also explains why he won't be reprising his role as John Luther in a forthcoming US remake of the BBC drama Luther.

Painter Howard Hodgkin talks to John in his studio about 30 gouaches inspired by India which he painted between 1990-91, and are on show for the first time in London.

As the V&A Museum prepare to open the newly refurbished Italian Courts, under the new name Weston Cast Courts, curator Marjorie Trusted talks about the renovations and highlights some of the great Italian sculptures in the collection, including a cast of Michelangelo's David.

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