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Front Row: Melvyn Bragg, TV arts programmes, '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay' by Otis Redding, the Fire and Fury

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10/01/2018

Melvyn Bragg, TV arts programmes, '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay' by Otis Redding, the Fire and Fury

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Melvyn Bragg, TV arts programmes, '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay' by Otis Redding, the Fire and Fury

Melvyn Bragg - 40 years of The Southbank Show, TV arts programmes today, The Fire and Fury

Melvyn Bragg on the history of The Southbank Show, the arts on TV; Otis Redding's (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay turns 50, and the Fire and Fury sells out.

As The Southbank Show marks its 40th anniversary we discuss the legacy of this historic arts programme with host Melvyn Bragg. 

As ITV makes a return to arts programing with Great Art, and the BBC prepares to revive its landmark series Civilisations, we discuss the state of arts on TV today. With Phil Grabsky, the award-winning executive producer of Great Art and the founder of Seventh Art Production, and the TV writer Julia Raeside. 

50 years ago this week saw the release the song Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay, performed and co-written by Otis Redding, considered to be one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music. The song, which was recorded just days before Redding died in a plane crash at the age of 26, became one of his best-known and loved. Music journalist Kevin le Gendre considers why.

As Michael Wolff's expose of the US president's administration sells out, we ask if you can ever predict what will be publishing hit or a miss. 
Cathy Rentzenbrink, author and former contributing editor of The Bookseller and bookseller joins Front Row.

Presenter: Stig Abell
Producer: Rebecca Armstrong.

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