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Spencer, Alan Cumming and Paul McCartney

Alan Cumming on his Hollywood life, Paul McCartney on his bitter feud with John Lennon and our panel review Spencer, Valley of Tears and ABBA.

Alan Cumming discusses his autobiography, Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life. This volume chronicles some of his career highs after Hollywood came calling, including working with Stanley Kubrick, filming with the Spice Girls and holidaying with Gore Vidal.

Front Row critics Alexandra Shulman and Leila Latif review this week's cultural highlights including Diana biopic Spencer, Israeli drama Valley of Tears and discuss the ABBA revival ahead of the release their new album Voyage.

And Paul McCartney describes the painful conflict with John Lennon that inspired his song Too Many People.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Laura Northedge

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42 minutes

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  • Thu 4 Nov 2021 19:15

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