Front Row - Michael Sheen, Laurel & Hardy, writer Patrick Charnley

Michael Sheen, Laurel & Hardy, writer Patrick Charnley

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Michael Sheen on the first production of his newly-formed Welsh National Theatre, Thornton Wilder’s 1938 play Our Town seen through a Welsh lens.

Film critic Larushka Ivan-Zadeh reacts to the Bafta nominations announced today and how they compare with last week's Oscar's list.

100 years since Laurel and Hardy united for their first film, Neil Brand discusses the comedy duo with film historian Pamela Hutchinson.

And writer Patrick Charnley discusses his Cornwall-set novel This My Second Life, which came out of his experience being clinically dead for forty minutes, and his subsequent recovery from a life changing brain injury.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Lucy Collingwood


Published on Tuesday, 27th January 2026.

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