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Front Row: Jonathan Glazer, history of radio drama, Molly Tuttle

Jonathan Glazer, history of radio drama, Molly Tuttle

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Zone of Interest director Jonathan Glazer, radio drama, bluegrass.

Jonathan Glazer discusses his film Zone of Interest. Writer Ron Hutchinson and cultural historian David Hendy explore the history of radio drama. Molly Tuttle performs bluegrass.

British director Jonathan Glazer tells Tom Sutcliffe about The Zone of Interest, his award-winning new film about Auschwitz Commandant Rudolf Höss and family’s involvement in the Holocaust which is on wide release from February 2nd but there's previews in select cities on January 20th.

Today is exactly 100 years since the BBC broadcast what is widely believed to be the first play for radio, A Comedy of Danger, set in a Welsh Coalmine. Ron Hutchinson has written an audio drama telling the story behind the story, A Leap in the Dark, which he is now adapting for a stage production at the New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme. He is joined by cultural historian David Hendy to discuss the significance of this ground-breaking moment a century later.

Molly Tuttle won a Grammy award for best bluegrass album last year, and is nominated again this year. She plays live in the studio.

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