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Front Row: James Graham on Quiz, Braids, changes in the ways we listen to music, and John Prine

08/04/2020

James Graham on Quiz, Braids, changes in the ways we listen to music, and John Prine

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, James Graham on Quiz, Braids, changes in the ways we listen to music, and John Prine

James Graham on Quiz, his three-part television drama about the coughing major controversy

James Graham has adapted his play Quiz, about the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire coughing scandal, for television. He tells Kirsty Lang about the story's continuing allure.

On Easter Monday ITV will broadcast the first instalment of Quiz, the adaptation by James Graham of his play about the coughing controversy and the major convicted of cheating on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Graham tells Kirsty Lang why  the story remains important. It's about truth, fact and power - the power of television. And there's a remarkable performance by Michael Sheen as Chris Tarrant.

Braids was scheduled to premiere at the Live Theatre in Newcastle this April. Longlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award, it follows two girls – Jasmine and Abeni - who navigate growing up as the only people of colour in a rural part of Durham. Kirsty is joined by writer Olivia Hannah, and actors Olivia Onyehara and Cynthia Emeagi, who will be performing a scene from the play.

With Front Row focusing on ‘listening’ this week, music writer Kieran Yates considers the changing landscape of music, from live radio broadcasts to live streaming and ‘quarantine concerts’.  She also discusses the listening experience of what’s called 8D audio, and the importance of listening on headphones.

And the death of the singer songwriter John Prine, who won the respect of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Kris Kristofferson.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Julian May
Sound Operator: Emma Harth

Image: MATTHEW MACFADYEN as Charles Ingram and SIAN CLIFFORD as Diana Ingram in Quiz
Credit: Leftbank Pictures for ITV

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