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Front Row: Michael Palin, War and Peace, Diversity in film, Katie Puckrik's alternative Christmas

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24/12/2015

Michael Palin, War and Peace, Diversity in film, Katie Puckrik's alternative Christmas

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Michael Palin, War and Peace, Diversity in film, Katie Puckrik's alternative Christmas

Michael Palin on the quest for Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi.

Michael Palin discusses his TV documentary about Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi, Andrew Davies on his TV adaptation of Tolstoy's War and Peace, plus diversity in film.

Michael Palin reveals how he uncovered the story of the 17th century Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi for a new BBC Four documentary Michael Palin's Quest for Artemisia.

Andrew Davies explains how he adapted Tolstoy's War and Peace for television and how hard it is to select the best bits from this 1000-page novel.

In the year that gave us Star Wars, Mad Max, Straight Outta Compton and Sisters, film critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh discusses whether 2015 was a breakthrough year for diversity in film.

Forget Jingle Bells, the music presenter Katie Puckrik chooses her alternative Christmas song.

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