Levi David Addai, Kit de Waal, Flaming June, The art of fireworks.
Levi David Addai on Our Loved Boy, a new drama about the murder of Damilola Taylor. Plus Flaming June returns home, and Kit de Waal confesses to a classic book she hasn't read.
The murder of Damilola Taylor in 2000, came to symbolise youth crime in Britain and brought knife attacks into the public consciousness. Writer Levi David Addai explains why he chose to tells the story of the schoolboy's death from the family's point of view in new drama Our Loved Boy.
Frederick, Lord Leighton's Flaming June, one of the most famous works of nineteenth-century British art, returns to the house in which it was painted. We speak to the curator at Leighton House Museum Daniel Robbins and art dealer Rupert Mass whose father briefly owned the work.
For Love to Read, the ±«Óătv season celebrating the joy of books, author Kit de Waal confesses to a classic book she hasn't read - George Orwell's caustic satire of literary life, Keep the Aspidistra Flying - and reads it especially for Front Row.
Between Diwali and Bonfire Night the writer on contemporary art Louisa Buck traces the history of fireworks, reveals why they are so attractive to artists and argues they are the most democratic of all art forms.
Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Jack Soper.
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Levi David Addai
Duration: 08:23
Daniel Robbins
Duration: 07:43
Kit de Waal
Duration: 05:55
Louisa Buck
Duration: 05:38
Damilola, Our Loved Boy
Damilola, Our Loved Boy is on ±«Óătv One on Monday 7 Nov at 8.30pm - Wunmi Mosaku & Sammy Kamara. Photo credit: ±«Óătv/Minnow Films/Joe Albas
Main picture shows Babou Ceesay and Wunmi Mosaku
Photo credit: ±«Óătv/Minnow Films/Joe AlbasFlaming June - The Making of an Icon
Flaming June: The Making of an Icon is at until 2 April 2017Â
Picture credit: Flaming June by Frederic Leighton, 1895 ©Museo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.Flaming June - The Making of an Icon
Photo credit: Frederic Leighton's Studio © Museo de Arte de PonceKit de Waal
Kit de Waal's Classic I've Never Read is Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George OrwellCredits
Role Contributor Interviewed Guest Levi David Addai Interviewed Guest Daniel Robbins Interviewed Guest Rupert Mass Interviewed Guest Kit de Waal Interviewed Guest Louisa Buck Presenter John Wilson Producer Jack Soper Broadcast
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