Front Row: Archive 2014 - Matisse; Locke; Val McDermid

John Wilson discusses Tate Modern's Matisse: The Cut-Outs with Matisse biographer Hilary Spurling and curator Nicholas Cullinan. Also in the programme: Val McDermid is renowned as a crime-writer, but Jane Austen isn't - so what attracted Val to the idea of updating Northanger Abbey?

Plus reviews of the film Locke, starring Tom Hardy - and of two new Broadway musicals: Woody Allen's stage version of his film Bullets Over Broadway, and a new show about Billie Holiday, Lady Day.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Rebecca Nicholson.

Published on Monday, 14th April 2014.

Available Podcasts from Front Row: Archive 2014

Subscribe to Front Row: Archive 2014

We are not the BBC, we only list available podcasts. To find out more about the programme including episodes available on BBC iPlayer, go to the Front Row: Archive 2014 webpage.