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Front Row: Riz Ahmed, Climate change books, Paul Ritter remembered, Israel covid passports

06/04/2021

Riz Ahmed, Climate change books, Paul Ritter remembered, Israel covid passports

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Riz Ahmed, Climate change books, Paul Ritter remembered, Israel covid passports

Riz Ahmed on his Oscar-nominated performance in Sound of Metal

Riz Ahmed stars in Sound of Metal as a rock drummer who loses his hearing. The actor and rapper discusses learning American sign language, working with culturally Deaf actors as well as learning about addiction for his Oscar nominated performance.

So far, 2021 has seen a large number of novels with a climate change theme being published. Toby Lichtig, Fiction Editor at the Times Literary Supplement, reports on some of the new releases and shifting attitudes in publishing towards avowedly-politicised fiction.

Concerts and plays with a live audience have been taking place in Israel for over a month now, with audience members required to show a vaccination certificate known as a “green pass”. Allison Kaplan Sommer from the Haaretz Newspaper in Tel Aviv reports. 

Paul Ritter has died aged 54. Perhaps best known for playing the dad Martin in Friday Night Dinner, we speak to the show's writer Robert Popper about Paul's life and career.


Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Oliver Jones
Sound Engineer: Matilda Macari

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