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Front Row: Three Girls, Life of Galileo, Mark Bradford

Three Girls, Life of Galileo, Mark Bradford

16/05/2017

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Three Girls, Life of Galileo, Mark Bradford

Three Girls screenwriter Nicole Taylor, American artist Mark Bradford and Life of Galileo.

Nicole Taylor, writer of Three Girls, based on the Rochdale abuse cases; US artist Mark Bradford who is exhibiting at the Venice Biennale; Bafta-winning director Joe Wright.

Nicole Taylor, the writer of Three Girls, a BBC1 drama based on the Rochdale 'grooming' and sex abuse cases which first came to trial 5 years ago, talks about how she adapted the distressing stories of the exploited girls for this three part serial. Three Girls stars Maxine Peake as Sara Rowbotham, the whistle blower who exposed the girls' plight and brought it to the attention of the public.

The controversial and acclaimed US artist Mark Bradford is representing his country in the American Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, which has just opened. Bradford was born in South Los Angeles and his interest in social and political issues lie at the heart of his work. The artist discusses his new exhibition Tomorrow is Another Day, and to what extent the election of Donald Trump is reflected in his art.


BAFTA-winning director Joe Wright - whose films include Atonement and Pride and Prejudice - returns to the theatre with Bertolt Brecht's 20th century masterpiece Life of Galileo. Wright joins Tom Rowlands, one half of the electronic music duo The Chemical Brothers, to talk about working together on this new production at London's Young Vic. The play is about the 17th century scientist Galileo Galilei and his discoveries about the solar system which challenged the prevailing 17th century worldview - a struggle which still resonates strongly today.

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