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Front Row: David Oyelowo; Helen Macdonald; Bob Dylan Album; Joanna Marsh

David Oyelowo; Helen Macdonald; Bob Dylan Album; Joanna Marsh

28/01/2015

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, David Oyelowo; Helen Macdonald; Bob Dylan Album; Joanna Marsh

David Oyelowo on Selma, Costa-winner Helen Macdonald, Bob Dylan album review, Joanna Marsh

David Oyelowo on playing Martin Luther King Jr, Costa-winner Helen Macdonald, Mark Ellen reviewing Bob Dylan singing Frank Sinatra, and Joanna Marsh's new composition.

British actor David Oyelowo discusses taking on the role of Martin Luther King Jr in new film Selma and why it took Hollywood so long to make a film about such an important figure; Mark Ellen reviews Bob Dylan's new album of Sinatra covers; Helen Macdonald reflects on winning the Costa Book of the Year Award for H is for Hawk; and Dubai-based composer Joanna Marsh reveals how she looks to the Arabic landscape for inspiration in her compositions.

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