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Front Row: Michael Flatley, Suite Francaise, Terry Pratchett Remembered, Wellington at the National Portrait Gallery

Michael Flatley, Suite Francaise, Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, Wellington at the National Portrait Gallery

12/03/2015

Michael Flatley, Suite Francaise, Terry Pratchett Remembered, Wellington at the National Portrait Gallery

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Michael Flatley, Suite Francaise, Terry Pratchett Remembered, Wellington at the National Portrait Gallery

Michael Flatley farewell tour and a remembrance of Terry Pratchett. With Kirsty Lang.

Michael Flatley on preparing to stop dancing, a review of Suite Francaise, Terry Pratchett remembered and Wellington at the National Portrait Gallery. With Kirsty Lang.

Michael Flatley, the American-born Irish dancer, choreographer and musician behind the phenomenon of Riverdance, is about to return to the stage for his farewell tour of Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games. Flatley looks back over his career, and what it feels like to be about to hang up his dancing shoes.

Irène Némirovsky had written just two of a planned five part series of novels about life in Nazi occupied France when she was arrested and detained at Auschwitz, where she went on to die. The manuscript was preserved and published in 2004 as one novel titled Suite Francaise. It became a literary sensation and has now been adapted into a film starring Michelle Williams and Kristin Scott Thomas. Sarah Crompton reviews.

To mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, the National Portrait Gallery is hosting Wellington: Triumphs, Politics and Passions, exploring the life and career of the Duke of Wellington. Historian and Wellington expert Andrew Roberts discusses the exhibits on show.

We pay tribute to Terry Pratchett, author of the Discworld series, who has died aged 66.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Ellie Bury.

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