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Front Row: Michael R Jackson on his hit musical, Ray BLK on Champion, the Natural History Museum

Michael R Jackson on his hit musical, Ray BLK on Champion, the Natural History Museum

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Michael R Jackson on his hit musical, Ray BLK on Champion, the Natural History Museum

Michael R Jackson on his hit musical, and Ray BLK on her acting role in Champion.

Samira Ahmed takes a tour of the Natural History Museum's new dinosaur exhibition, and singer-songwriter Ray BLK discusses her acting debut in BBC drama Champion.

Playwright and composer Michael R Jackson talks about his musical A Strange Loop, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.  The musical is based on his own experiences and follows a black man working as an usher at the musical The Lion King, who is himself writing a musical about a black male usher writing a musical.    Michael R Jackson talks about why his reflective drama was such a hit in the United States.

Singer songwriter Ray BLK discusses making her acting debut in new BBC and Netflix drama Champion.  Written by Candice Carty Williams, the series is set in the cut-throat world of the British music industry.

Samira Ahmed is at the Natural History Museum in London, which has been shortlisted for the Art Fund Museum of the Year Award.  She takes a tour of the Titanosaur exhibition and hears about the museum’s expertise in mammals and dinosaurs.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Kirsty McQuire

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