Original version

BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC Radio 4 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced BBC Home Service.

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4

Radio 4 (FM)

Front Row

Magazines & Reviews

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music

BBC Radio 4 LW

Kirsty Lang

Roger Michell

Rosemary Watt

Jeffrey Richards

Bridget Kendall

Cathy Rentzenbrink

Dymphna Flynn

Front Row: Christopher Jefferies Drama, Golden Age of Panto, Burrell Collection, Ghostwriting

Christopher Jefferies Drama, Golden Age of Panto, Burrell Collection, Ghostwriting

09/12/2014

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Christopher Jefferies Drama, Golden Age of Panto, Burrell Collection, Ghostwriting

With TV's Christopher Jefferies drama, pantomime, the Burrell Collection and ghostwriting.

With Roger Michell on his new drama The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies. Plus the Burrell Collection, ghostwriting, the golden age of panto and the film The Green Prince.

With Kirsty Lang.

Roger Michell talks about his new ITV drama, The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, about the retired teacher attacked by the press after being falsely suspected of killing Joanna Yeates in 2010.

As teenage 'vlogging' sensation, Zoella, becomes embroiled in a row over hiring a ghostwriter for her best-selling debut novel, Girl Online, we look at the rise of the scribes for hire.

BBC diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall reviews new documentary film The Green Prince which won the Global Audience award at the Sundance Festival. It's the extraordinary story of the son of a founding leader in the Palestinian organization, Hamas, who becomes a spy for the Israelis.

Jeffery Richards talks about the Golden Age of Pantomime in Victorian England and explains how some of our finest panto traditions came about and have lasted.

Plus in the week that part of the Burrell Collection moves from Glasgow to London and then overseas, we find out about William Burrell - the man behind the extraordinary amassing of pieces like rare lace, carpets, Tudor furniture, as well as sculpture by Rodin and paintings by Manet, Cezanne and Degas.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Front Row

Christopher Jefferies Drama, Golden Age of Panto, Burrell Collection, Ghostwriting

Contributors

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4