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Front Row: David Hare on Collateral, Carmen, John Burningham and Helen Oxenbury

David Hare, Carmen, John Burningham and Helen Oxenbury

08/02/2018

David Hare on Collateral, Carmen, John Burningham and Helen Oxenbury

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, David Hare on Collateral, Carmen, John Burningham and Helen Oxenbury

Playwright David Hare on his latest TV drama series Collateral.

Playwright David Hare discusses his latest TV drama series Collateral. John Burningham and Helen Oxenbury on being joint winners of the BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award.

Playwright David Hare talks to Samira about his latest television drama Collateral, a series that begins like a police procedural but drifts into a state-of-the-nation thriller. Carey Mulligan stars as a police detective whose investigation into the shooting of a pizza delivery man has spiraling repercussions. 

Carmen is opera's greatest femme fatale, the sexually liberated cigarette factory worker killed by her spurned lover. Opera critic Alexandra Coghlan and opera historian Flora Willson discuss how we view Carmen in the 21st Century, as two new productions - at the Royal Opera House and in Florence - re-interpret this mythic heroine. 

John Burningham, author and illustrator of Mr Gumpy's Outing, and Helen Oxenbury, the illustrator of We're Going on a Bear Hunt, have been announced as the joint winners of the BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award. Their books are family friends to many children - and adults. They talk about how they work, their distinctive styles and the secrets of their long marriage.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Edwina Pitman

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