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Front Row: Sarah Solemani on TV's Chivalry; male soprano Samuel Marino performs; Bradford's bid for UK City of Culture

Sarah Solemani on TV's Chivalry; male soprano Samuel Marino performs; Bradford's bid for UK City of Culture

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Sarah Solemani on TV's Chivalry; male soprano Samuel Marino performs; Bradford's bid for UK City of Culture

Actor and writer Sarah Solemani on co-writing new TV sitcom Chivalry with Steve Coogan.

Actor and writer Sarah Solemani on TV's Chivalry; male soprano Samuel Mariño performs; Bradford's bid for UK City of Culture.

Chivalry, the new Channel 4 comedy which looks at the making of a Hollywood movie in a post MeToo world, has been co-created by its co-stars – Sarah Solemani, and Steve Coogan.  Sarah joins Elle Osili-Wood on Front Row to discuss why MeToo has provided new grounds for comedy.

Venezuelan singer Samuel Mariño originally trained as a ballet dancer before embracing his rare vocal range as a male soprano and promoting gender and genre-fluid performance. He sings live in the studio, ahead of his debut London recital and the release of his new album, Sopranista, featuring arias recorded by a male soprano voice for the first time.

Four cities are in the running to be the UK’s next City of Culture and Front Row is hearing from the places on the final shortlist.  Tonight it’s the turn of Bradford as reporter Aisha Iqbal hears about what the UK’s youngest city has to offer. 

Presenter: Elle Osili-Wood
Producer: Simon Richardson

Image: Steve Coogan and Sarah Solemani in Channel 4's Chivalry

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