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Front Row: Beauty and the Beast, Dave Spikey, Big Bang Theory prequel, Josef Locke

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15/03/2017

Beauty and the Beast, Dave Spikey, Big Bang Theory prequel, Josef Locke

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Beauty and the Beast, Dave Spikey, Big Bang Theory prequel, Josef Locke

Bill Condon on making Beauty and the Beast, comedian Dave Spikey's unusual lucky mascot.

Director Bill Condon on making Beauty and the Beast, comedian Dave Spikey's unusual lucky mascot, a Big Bang Theory prequel, celebrating the Irish tenor Josef Locke.

As the highly anticipated live action remake of Beauty and the Beast is released, the director Bill Condon talks about working with Emma Watson and Dan Stevens, gay references in the film, and how this version of the beast is based on Mr Darcy. 

Comedian Dave Spikey is best known for co-writing Phoenix Nights with fellow Lancastrian Peter Kaye. As he begins his 30th anniversary UK tour, Juggling on a Motorbike, he explains the process behind planning a new set of shows, why he avoids ridicule and crudity in his comedy, and divulges a rather unusual lucky mascot!

A Big Bang Theory prequel has just been announced. Young Sheldon will follow a 9-year-old version of the socially awkward genius as he grows up in east Texas. Big Little Lies actor Iain Armitage will star as the young version of Jim Parsons' Sheldon Cooper. So what chance success?

The great Irish tenor Josef Locke was born 100 years ago in Derry-Londonderry. Nuala McAllister Hart, author of a new biography, explains his lasting appeal and talks about the events celebrating Locke's centenary across Northern Ireland.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Angie Nehring.

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