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Front Row: The Fabelmans and Noises Off reviewed, Joe Cornish on new TV drama Lockwood and Co.

The Fabelmans and Noises Off reviewed, Joe Cornish on new TV drama Lockwood and Co.

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, The Fabelmans and Noises Off reviewed, Joe Cornish on new TV drama Lockwood and Co.

Steven Spielberg's autobiographical new film The Fabelmans and the 40th anniversary of Michael Frayn's farce Noises Off.

Tom Sutcliffe is joined by critics Karen Krizanovich and Michael Billington to review The Fabelmans and the 40th anniversary production of Noises Off. 

Steven Spielberg’s new film, The Fabelmans, is a portrait of the artist as a young man, chronicling the development of Sam Fabelman, a boy drawn irresistibly to film-making. He finds meaning, and achieves some power, through his art. Critics Karen Krizanovich and Michael Billington assess Spielberg’s fictional autobiography. 

They also review the fortieth anniversary production of Noises Off, Michael Frayn’s farce about a troubled touring company putting on a farce, as it opens in the West End with a cast including Felicity Kendal, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Joseph Millson.

Director Joe Cornish, best known for his sci-fi comedy Attack the Block, talks about heading up a new TV drama series Lockwood and Co. Based on the young adult novels by Jonathan Stroud, it follows a group of teenage ghost hunters.  

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Kirsty McQuire

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