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Front Row: Patrick Stewart, Steven Isserlis, The art of skateboard design

Patrick Stewart, Steven Isserlis, The art of skateboard design

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Patrick Stewart, Steven Isserlis, The art of skateboard design

Sir Patrick Stewart, cellist Steven Isserlis, and the art of skateboard design.

Sir Patrick Stewart reflects on his acting career, cellist Steven Isserlis celebrates the life of Pablo Casals, and the culture of the skateboard from 50s craze to Olympic sport.

Sir Patrick Stewart's memoir Making It So looks back over his long and eclectic acting career encompassing stage, film and television and video games. He has played roles in productions as varied as I, Claudius, Shakespeare and Star Trek: the Next Generation. Samira talks to him about his journey from a poor childhood in Yorkshire to Hollywood.

The history and culture of the skateboard is the subject of an exhibition at London's Design Museum. Associate curator Tory Turk and film-maker and skateboarder Winstan Whitter discuss its development from a makeshift practice device for Californian surfers in the 1950s to a high-tech worldwide sport.

The great cellist, and advocate for peace, Pablo Casals died 50 years ago this week.  Steven Isserlis explains his importance in redefining the role of the cello in music. In the Front Row studio Steven demonstrates on his cello the influence of Casals on cellists to this day and performs Song of the Birds one of Casals's own compositions for the instrument.

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