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Front Row: Notre-Dame de Paris, Roger McGough, Chimerica

16/04/2019

Notre-Dame de Paris, Roger McGough, Chimerica

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Notre-Dame de Paris, Roger McGough, Chimerica

Notre-Dame de Paris' artistic and musical significance, plus poet Roger McGough.

Notre-Dame de Paris' artistic and musical significance, poet Roger McGough on his new collection, and a review of TV drama Chimerica.

As France vows to restore Notre-Dame de Paris after last night's devastating fire, we discuss the artistic, musical and cultural significance of this great Cathedral. With music historian Mark Everist, art critic Waldemar Januszczak and French literature academic Eve Morisi.

Roger McGough, one of Britain’s most widely read poets, talks about his latest anthology, joinedupwriting, in which he explores themes of childhood, ageing and politics. He reflects on the appeal of different forms of verse and how the critical reaction to his work sits with its popular appeal.  

Lucy Kirkwood's hit 2013 play Chimerica comes to Channel 4 as a new TV drama series, updated to the Trump era. Sarah Crompton reviews. 

Presenter: Stig Abell 
Producer: Timothy Prosser

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