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Jim Broadbent; Young Adult Fiction; Tena Stivicic; Comedy DVDs

Jim Broadbent on playing Father Christmas in Get Santa, plus young adult fiction, the Elgin Marbles, Croatian playwright Tena Stivicic, and Stephen Armstrong's pick of comedy DVDs.

Jim Broadbent talks to Kirsty Lang about playing Father Christmas for the third time in his new film Get Santa; Matt Haig and Katherine Woodfine on Young Adult Fiction; Croatian playwright Tena Stivicic discusses her play 3 Winters at the National Theatre; Stephen Armstrong brings us his pick of the year's comedy DVDs; and following the news that the British Museum has loaned one of the Elgin Marbles to the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Peter Aspden considers the role museums and galleries can play when political harmony between nations breaks down.

Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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Fri 5 Dec 2014 19:15
麻豆约拍 Radio 4

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  • Jim Broadbent

    Duration: 07:34

  • The Elgin Marbles & cultural diplomacy

    Duration: 03:44

  • The YA Book Prize

    Duration: 05:47

  • Tena 艩tivi膷i膰

    Duration: 05:49

  • Christmas Wish List: Comedy DVDs

    Duration: 05:18

Get Santa

Get Santa

聽is out now in UK cinemas, certificate U.聽

Image: Kirsty Lang with Jim Broadbent. Photo by Jerome Weatherald.

3 Winters

3 Winters
, by聽Tena 艩tivi膷i膰, runs at the National聽Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre in London until 3 February 2015.

Image:聽Sophie Rundle (Lucia Kos) and Jodie McNee (Alisa Kos). Photo credit:聽Ellie Kurttz.

The Elgin Marbles

The Elgin Marbles
The statue of Ilissos, one of the Elgin Marbles, on loan from the British Museum to聽St Petersburg's State Hermitage Museum until mid-January.

Image credit: Ilissos. Marble statue from the West pediment of the Parthenon. Designed by Pheidias, Athens, Greece, 438BC-432BC. 漏 The Trustees of the British Museum

Christmas Wish List: Comedy DVDs

Stephen Armstrong chooses the following Comedy DVDs for Front Row's Christmas Wish List:聽

  • Nina Conti: Dolly Mixtures
  • Jack Whitehall Gets Around
  • Lee Evans: Monsters

The YA Book Prize

The shortlisted books for the inaugural聽, celebrating Young Adult fiction in the UK and Ireland,聽are:

  • A Song for Ella Grey,聽by David Almond聽
  • 厂补濒惫补驳别,听by Keren David
  • Say Her Name,聽by James Dawson
  • 尝辞产蝉迟别谤蝉,听by Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison
  • Half Bad,聽by Sally Green
  • Finding a Voice,聽by Kim Hood
  • Only Ever Yours,聽by Louise O'Neill聽
  • 骋辞辞蝉别,听by Dawn O'Porter聽
  • 罢谤辞耻产濒别,听by Non Pratt
  • The Ghosts of Heaven,聽by Marcus Sedgwick聽

The winner will be announced on 19 March 2015.

Credits

Presenter Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest Jim Broadbent
Interviewed Guest Matt Haig
Interviewed Guest Katherine Woodfine
Interviewed Guest Peter Aspden
Interviewed Guest Tena Stivicic
Interviewed Guest Stephen Armstrong
Producer Jerome Weatherald

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  • Fri 5 Dec 2014 19:15
    麻豆约拍 Radio 4

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