Front Row - 10/12/2008

A special edition from Liverpool looking back at the city’s year as European Capital of Culture, and exploring what the future holds once the banners come down. The writer Frank Cottrell Boyce, pop star turned cultural broker Jayne Casey, and the poet Paul Farley are all natives of Liverpool. They discuss how culture has changed their city. Members of the studio audience share their thoughts on Liverpool’08 Award-winning poet Paul Farley reads a new poem commissioned by Front Row and inspired by Liverpool’s year as Capital of Culture. The comedian, actor, and television presenter returns to the city of his birth with an all-star Liverpool cast in a new production of Cinderella. He talks to John Wilson about his hopes for the city as the New Year approaches and what it’s like playing Buttons to Cilla Black’s Fairy Godmother.