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Front Row: Baileys Shortlist, Gunter Grass, Dear Lupin, The Last Five Years

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13/04/2015

Baileys Shortlist, Gunter Grass, Dear Lupin, The Last Five Years

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Baileys Shortlist, Gunter Grass, Dear Lupin, The Last Five Years

The Baileys shortlist and a stage adapation of the Dear Lupin letters. With Samira Ahmed.

The announcement of the Baileys shortlist, Gunter Grass remembered, Dear Lupin letters on stage and a review of musical film The Last Five Years. With Samira Ahmed.

Chair of judges for the Baileys shortlist, Shami Chakrabarti, reveals the six shortlisted novels, and Alex Clark delivers her verdict on the list.

We remember the German novelist Günter Grass who has died aged 87. British novelist Lawrence Norfolk, and German novelist, Daniel Kehlmann, discuss the work and life of the Nobel prize winning writer.

Charlie Mortimer's collection of letters from his father Roger Mortimer, Dear Lupin, became a surprise success when they were published in 2012. Now the letters have been adapted into a new play based on the book, starring real life father and son James and Jack Fox. Charlie Mortimer and Michael Simkins, who adapted the book for the stage, discuss why the humorous and poignant letters have such appeal.

Jason Solomons reviews the film The Last Five Years - a musical that plays with time and love.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Rebecca Armstrong.

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