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Front Row: Bill Bailey, Philip Pullman, Alias Grace

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30/10/2017

Bill Bailey, Philip Pullman, Alias Grace

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Bill Bailey, Philip Pullman, Alias Grace

Bill Bailey tries out the Front Row keyboard. Shahidha Bari talks to Philip Pullman.

Bill Bailey tries out the new Front Row keyboard. Philip Pullman on his new novel La Belle Sauvage. Plus TV series Alias Grace reviewed.

Bill Bailey talks to Shahidha Bari ahead of his UK tour, and tries out the new Front Row keyboard.

Philip Pullman discusses his new novel La Belle Sauvage, a prequel to the best-selling trilogy His Dark Materials, and his collection of essays on storytelling, Daemon Voices.

Sarah Churchwell reviews the TV mini-series Alias Grace, an adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel about a 19th century servant convicted for a double murder.

18 years after retiring from acting, Joe Pesci returns to the small-screen for Martin Scorsese's The Irishman. Adam Smith reflects on Joe Pesci's comeback.

Presenter: Shahidha Bari
Producer: Timothy Prosser.

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