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Front Row: BBC Sound of 2021 Winner Pa Salieu, Finnish TV drama, Natasha Farrant

BBC Sound of 2021 Winner Pa Salieu, Finnish TV drama, Natasha Farrant

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BBC Sound of 2021 winner Pa Salieu, Finnish TV drama, children's author Natasha Farrant.

BBC Sound of 2021 winner Pa Salieu, New Finnish TV dramas on BBC4 and Channel 4, Costa Children's Book winner Natasha Farrant.

Pa Salieu, the Gambian-British artist from Coventry, has been named as the winner of the BBC Sound of 2021. His single Frontline was the most played track on BBC Radio 1Xtra in 2020. In 2019 he was shot in the head, but recovered to release his debut mixtape Send Them To Coventry at the end of 2020 and now picks up one of the biggest accolades in new music.

On the fifth anniversary of Walter Presents, the global streaming service dedicated to showcasing award winning foreign language drama, the platform is launching its first ever dramas from Finland, All The Sins and Bullets. Whilst BBC 4 is launching its first ever Finnish drama, the 6 part drama series Man in Room 301.  Walter Iuzzolino, curator of Walter Presents, and best selling Finnish crime writer Antti Tuomainen talk to Kirsty Lang about what makes Finnish drama distinctive and why we should be watching.

Natasha Farrant, The Costa Award Children' s category winner, talks about her book Voyage of the Sparrowhawk which, with 12 year old Ben and Lotti becoming friends as they outwit a wicked uncle, a police chase, dogs and a perilous sea crossing in search of people they love, has just about everything a fast-paced adventure story requires.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Timothy Prosser

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