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Front Row: Russell Howard, Siobhan Miller, International Prize for Arabic Fiction, John Mullan on Northanger Abbey

14/04/2020

Russell Howard, Siobhan Miller, International Prize for Arabic Fiction, John Mullan on Northanger Abbey

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Russell Howard, Siobhan Miller, International Prize for Arabic Fiction, John Mullan on Northanger Abbey

Russell Howard on his new lockdown TV show made from his childhood bedroom.

Russell Howard on his new lockdown TV show made from his childhood bedroom, and folk singer Siobhan Miller performs live.

Comedian Russell Howard on his new lockdown TV show, Home Time. Video conferenced from his childhood bedroom, he gives his entertaining take on life in quarantine, with remote music performances and interviews with comedians and key workers.

The 2020 International Prize for Arabic Fiction has been announced today. The winner is Algerian novelist Abdelouahab Aissaoui for The Spartan Court which is set in the early 19th century when Algeria was invaded and captured by the French.  Aissaoui is the first Algerian to win the prize, designed to increase the international reach of Arabic fiction. 

Scottish folk singer-songwriter Siobhan Miller is the three times MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards Singer of the Year and has also won a Radio 2 Folk Award. She discusses her fourth album, All Is Not Forgotten, and performs live.

While we’re stuck at home John Mullan is making the case for us raising our spirits by reading, or re-reading, Austen novels. Tonight he makes the case for Northanger Abbey.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Hannah Robins

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