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Front Row Special - Liverpool '08 looked back at the city’s year as European Capital of Culture, and explored what the future holds once the banners come down.

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Wednesday 10 December
John Wilson presenting

A special edition from Liverpool looking back at the city’s year as European Capital of Culture, and exploring what the future holds once the banners come down.

Phil Redmond on Liverpool ‘08

“It’s like being asked to organize a typical Scouse wedding”, was how the Creative Director of Liverpool’s Capital of Culture programme described his new job when appointed in 2007. Twelve months on is the city basking in marital harmony?

Our Capital of Culture panel:

The writer Frank Cottrell Boyce, pop star turned cultural broker Jayne Casey, and the poet Paul Farley are all natives of Liverpool. They discuss how culture has changed their city.

How Was It For You?

Members of the studio audience share their thoughts on Liverpool’08

Paul Farley Poem

Award-winning poet Paul Farley reads a new poem commissioned by Front Row and inspired by Liverpool’s year as Capital of Culture.

Les Dennis

The comedian, actor, and television presenter returns to the city of his birth with an all-star Liverpool cast in a new production of Cinderella. He talks to John Wilson about his hopes for the city as the New Year approaches and what it’s like playing Buttons to Cilla Black’s Fairy Godmother.

Cinderella is on at the Liverpool Empire from 11 December 2008 - 4 January 2009