Front Row - 15/10/2008

Presented by Mark Lawson. Photographer Jillian Edelstein and critic Ann Leslie review the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life 1990-2005. Mark enters an online chat room to get a rare interview with Belle de Jour, the former call girl who rose to prominence through her blog about working in the high-class sex industry in London. Included in the British Library's acquisition of archive material of the late Poet Laureate Ted Hughes is audio footage of him reading his own poems. The poet Jo Shapcott listens to the voices of both Ted Hughes and Philip Larkin and discusses what can be learned by hearing a poet read their own work. As shows including Eurobeat - Almost Eurovision, the eXtra Factor and The Quiz Show in Glasgow ask audiences to vote, critic David Benedict and theatrical producer Nica Burns reflect on the difference an audience can make to a performance.