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Front Row Late: Lockdown Culture with Mary Beard: Episode 1

Episode 1

Lockdown Culture with Mary Beard

BBC Two - Front Row Late, Lockdown Culture with Mary Beard, Episode 1

With a puppet version of an Edgar Allan
                        Poe tale, created by Margaret and Ruth Atwood.

Mary Beard hosts cultural debates from
                        her study. Featuring an exclusive puppet production based on a short story
                        by Edgar Allan Poe, created in confinement by author Margaret Atwood and her
                        sister.

With cultural institutions around the
                        country closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, host Mary Beard gets to
                        grips with the latest technology in her additional role as broadcast
                        engineer as she aims to bring this series from her study each week. The
                        programme brings culture alive through interviews, discussions and exclusive
                        performances from leading writers, artists, actors and musicians. Featuring
                        an exclusive puppet production based on a short story by Edgar Allan Poe,
                        created in confinement in Canada by acclaimed author Margaret Atwood and her
                        sister Ruth. Actor Emma Thompson reflects on mortality and exclusively reads
                        a John Donne poem while in isolation in Scotland. And Mary is joined on a
                        video link by writer and critic Shahidha Bari to discuss Titian’s great
                        mythological masterpieces, which are currently off-limits due to the
                        temporary closure of the National Gallery. 

Front Row Late: Lockdown Culture with Mary Beard

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