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Front Row: Lady Chatterley's Lover reviewed, Jake Heggie on It's A Wonderful Life, casting Ukrainian actors, Wilko Johnson

Lady Chatterley's Lover reviewed; casting Ukrainian actors; Jake Heggie on It's A Wonderful Life

Lady Chatterley's Lover reviewed, Jake Heggie on It's A Wonderful Life, casting Ukrainian actors, Wilko Johnson

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Lady Chatterley's Lover reviewed, Jake Heggie on It's A Wonderful Life, casting Ukrainian actors, Wilko Johnson

We review Lady Chatterley's Lover starring Emma Corrin and Jack O'Connell.

Lady Chatterley's Lover reviewed. An operatic reimagining of It's a Wonderful Life. Casting Ukrainian actors.

Lara Feigel and Tom Shakespeare review Netflix’s new adaptation of Lady Chatterley’s Lover, starring Emma Corrin.

The English National Opera stages an operatic reimagining of It’s a Wonderful Life, the classic 1946 Christmas film, by the composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer. Jake joins Samira.

The casting of Ukrainian actors who have arrived here escaping the conflict, with actors Kateryna Hryhorenko and Yurii Radionov, and casting directors Olga Lyubarova and Rachel Sheridan.

And the death has been announced of Dr Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson.  We hear an extract from his memorable interview on Front Row following what he thought was a terminal diagnosis.  

Presenter:  Samira Ahmed
Producer:  Sarah Johnson

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