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MONDAY 6 JANUARY
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Presented by Mark Lawson
GANGS OF NEW YORK
It has taken 25 years of development to bring Martin Scorsese's film Gangs of New York to the screen. Set in 1846, a brutal gang battle turns the New York ground muddy with blood. Fifteen years later Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) returns to avenge his father's death at the hands of Bill "The Butcher" Cutting played by Daniel Day-Lewis. Adam Mars-Jones joins Mark Lawson to discuss the film.
Gangs of New York opens in UK cinemas on Friday 10 January 2003, certificate 18
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PHILIP GLASS
A composer previously best known for operas and music-theatre pieces such as Einstein On The Beach, Philip Glass has been increasingly keen to write music for the screen. He's just written the score for Stephen Daldry's latest film, The Hours. His fascination with the cinema is also shown in a project which he brings to London this week. Philip Glass on Film Live is a celebration of 25 years of his film music featuring old and new works. Philip Glass joins Mark Lawson.
Philip Glass on Film Live runs at the Barbican from 7 until 11 January 2003
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GANGSTER RAP
Today the Home Secretary, David Blunkett called for talks with the music industry in Britain after suggestions by some that the often violent lyrics in gangster rap or hip-hop music may encourage gun-related violence of the kind which caused the recent deaths in Birmingham. In the US similar debates have been taking place. John Wilson spoke to Nelson George, author of Hip Hop America and asked what Britain can learn from the US.
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TRIBUTE TO ROY JENKINS
Roy Jenkins, later Lord Jenkins of Hillhead, who died yesterday at the age of 82 was not only a great politician but also a great writer. A five-decade career as biographer and journalist was topped at the age of 80 by the publication of his award-winning biography of Winston Churchill. Biographer and historian Ben Pimlott joins Mark Lawson to pay tribute to Roy Jenkins, the writer.
Churchill: A Biography by Roy Jenkins, published by Macmillan; ISBN: 0333782909
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TOP TEN BRITISH WRITERS
As the literary magazine Granta publishes it's list of the top twenty British novelists under forty, Mark Lawson announces Front Row's top ten British writers over seventy.
Brian Aldiss (78)
J. G. Ballard (73)
Sybille Bedford (92)
Philip Callow (78)
P. D. James (83)
Francis King (79)
Doris Lessing (84)
John Mortimer (80)
V. S. Naipaul (71)
William Trevor (75)
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