Front Row

Original version

BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC Radio 4 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced BBC Home Service.

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4

Radio 4 (FM)

Magazines & Reviews

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.

BBC Radio 4 LW

Front Row: Tahar Rahim in The Mauritanian, Charlie Carroll, Greenborne

29/03/2021

Tahar Rahim in The Mauritanian, Charlie Carroll, Greenborne

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Tahar Rahim in The Mauritanian, Charlie Carroll, Greenborne

Tahar Rahim in The Mauritanian, The Lip by Charlie Carroll, new audio soap Greenborne.

French-Algerian actor Tahar Rahim discusses the film The Mauritanian. Charlie Carroll on his new book The Lip, set in Cornwall. Ella Watts reviews new audio soap, Greenborne.

Kevin Macdonald’s new film The Mauritanian is based on the true story of a prisoner held in Guantánamo Bay for 14 years but never charged. The French-Algerian actor Tahar Rahim, recently seen in the TV drama series The Serpent, discusses the challenges of playing Mohamedou Slahi, who was shackled, beaten and waterboarded by the US authorities.

The Lip depicts a hidden Cornwall, the one we rarely see. Its author, Charlie Carroll discusses writing about the second poorest region in all of Europe and how he included mental health issues within his work.

Ready for a new radio soap opera? Greenborne launched this month and this new audio drama aims to reflect the real world we live in. Ella Watts reviews.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Oliver Jones

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Front Row

Tahar Rahim in The Mauritanian, Charlie Carroll, Greenborne

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4