Front Row - John Hannah on his new comedy crime drama set in Benidorm
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John Hannah plays a washed-up former detective who has moved to Spain to run a pub in the new Channel 5 comedy drama Benidorm is Murder. He discusses the appeal of television crime series, and why working-class settings are underrepresented on the small screen.
Hull Maritime Museum reopens after a £20 million refurbishment. Director Gillian Osgerby on why this museum is such an important feature of Hull's cultural landscape.
Critic Benji Wilson, author of Rate This Book: How Star Ratings Took Over The World, and journalist, Helen Nugent, editor of online magazine Northern Soul, on the power of star ratings.
Stephen Ellery on his new appointment as chief conductor of the Dnipro Philharmonic in Ukraine.
Presenter: Nick Ahad
Producer: Ekene Akalawu
Published on Tuesday, 4th August 2026.
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