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Front Row Late: Series 4: Episode 4

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Mary Beard and guests discuss censorship in culture.

Mary Beard and guests discuss censorship in culture ahead of the 30th anniversary of the fatwa issued against Salman Rushdie following the publication of The Satanic Verses.

Mary Beard and her panel of guests – Peter Hitchens, Shappi Khorsandi and Giles Fraser - discuss censorship in culture ahead of the 30th anniversary of the fatwa issued against Salman Rushdie following the publication of The Satanic Verses.

The mother of murdered toddler James Bulger has called for a film about her son’s killers to be pulled from the Oscars race.  Does the director of Detainment have the right to tell this story without her permission? 

Why do social media giants censor art which depicts the human body, but allow suicide and anorexia sites?

And should comedians expect to sign behaviour contracts before going on stage?  

Mary also talks to playwright Jo Clifford about her production The Gospel According To Jesus, Queen Of Heaven, which centres on a transgender Jesus, and which has sparked protests both in the UK and Brazil.

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