Front Row - The Eyes of Tammy Faye & novel They reviewed, Brass Eye anniversary
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The Eyes of Tammy Faye is a new film starring Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield as televangelists Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker charting their controversial rise and fall in the 1970s and 80s. They by Kay Dick is a rediscovered dystopian novel first published in 1977. Critics Suzi Feay and Michael Carlson give their verdicts on both.
It's 25 years since the TV news satire Brass Eye first came to our screens with episodes such as one featuring fake drug Cake becoming the stuff of TV legend. Director Michael Cumming joins Samira.
And the Bafta film nominations are announced today. Critic Hanna Flint joins us.
Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Sarah Johnson Studio Manager: Giles Aspen
Published on Thursday, 3rd February 2022.
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