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2012 Art Fund Prize Longlist

With Mark Lawson. Chris Smith announces the 2012 Art Fund Prize longlist; Mark talks to the writers of sitcom Roger and Val Have Just Got In; and A Dangerous Method is reviewed.

With Mark Lawson

The longlist for the 2012 Art Fund Prize for Museums and Galleries is announced on Front Row by the chair of the judges Lord Smith of Finsbury. The Β£100,000 prize is to recognise and stimulate originality and excellence in museums and galleries in the UK - and the winner will be announced on 19 June.

Christopher Hampton has adapted his own stage play about the birth of psychoanalysis, into a film: A Dangerous Method. It stars Michael Fassbender as Carl Jung, Viggo Mortensen as Sigmund Freud, and Keira Knightley as a young Russian patient. Film critic Jenny McCartney gives the verdict.

The Dreyfus Affair is known as the most infamous miscarriage of justice in French history. A French officer was found guilty of treason at the end of the 19th century based on slender evidence and many believed that he was a victim of anti-Semitism. Front Row brings together two authors who have just published two books on the controversy: Jacqueline Rose and Piers Paul Read

The sitcom Roger And Val Have Just Got In returns for a second series this week. It follows the everyday ups and downs of a middle-aged married couple, played by Dawn French and Alfred Molina, over the half-hour when they have just arrived home from work. Mark discusses domestic life with the show's co-writers, twin sisters Emma and Beth Kilcoyne

Producer Rebecca Nicholson.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • A Dangerous Method

    • A Dangerous Method

      Jenny McCartney reviews A Dangerous Method starring Keira Knightly and Michael Fassbender

      Duration: 04:33

  • 2012 Art Fund Prize for Museums and Galleries

    • 2012 Art Fund Prize for Museums and Galleries

      Lord Smith discusses the long list for 2012 Art Fund Prize for Museums and Galleries

      Duration: 04:48

  • The Dreyfus Affair

    • The Dreyfus Affair

      Writers Piers Paul Read and Jacqueline Rose discuss the case of The Dreyfus Affair

      Duration: 08:49

  • Emma and Beth Kilcoyne

    • Emma and Beth Kilcoyne

      The writers of TV sitcomRoger and Val Just Got In talk about the writing process

      Duration: 09:31

Broadcast

  • Tue 7 Feb 2012 19:15

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