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Front Row: Natalie Clein, Lemony Snicket, The OA, Velázquez

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12/01/2017

Natalie Clein, Lemony Snicket, The OA, Velázquez

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Natalie Clein, Lemony Snicket, The OA, Velázquez

Cellist Natalie Clein; Lemony Snicket TV drama; The OA; Laura Cumming on Velazquez.

Cellist Natalie Clein, Lemony Snicket TV drama, Zal Batmanglij and Danny Brocklehurst on The OA, Laura Cumming on Velázquez.

Natalie Clein has had a distinguished career as a classical cellist since winning the 1994 BBC Young Musician of the Year competition aged only 16. She talks about her new album of 20th century solo cello music as well as the challenges and rewards of the cellist's repertoire.

Lemony Snicket's Unfortunate Series of Events has been enthralling young readers and their parents since it was first published in 1999. The 13 books follow the turbulent lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire after their parents' death in a fire. Now Netflix has made a drama series of the first four books. Children's Laureate Chris Riddell reviews. 

Are streaming companies like Netflix and Amazon changing the way TV series are written? Zal Batmanglij, the co-writer of The OA, a new mystery drama on Netflix, explains why he chose to make each episode a different length, and Danny Brocklehurst, writer of Shameless and Clocking Off, describes how writing without restraints can be a curse as well as a blessing.

Art critic and author, Laura Cumming discusses her book The Vanishing Man - In Pursuit of Velázquez. The story of Victorian bookseller obsessed with proving a painting he owned was by the Spanish master, it also reveals the latest documentary evidence in the mystery.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Edwina Pitman.

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