Front Row - 17/06/2008

Presented by Mark Lawson. As Tate Modern presents a major exhibition of works by Cy Twombly, painter and sculptor Maggi Hambling takes a look at his first solo retrospective in 15 years. Joseph Fiennes, Ian Hart and Phyllis Logan head the cast in the world premiere of a new play by Anthony Weigh, called 2,000 Feet Away. Writer Dreda Say Mitchell gives her verdict on the play. French film critic Muriel Zagha responds to a new film about immigration, called Couscous (La Graine et le Mulet). Nicholas Tucker, writer of the Rough Guide to Children's Books, reflects on the political lessons to be learnt from literature for the young. Joy Swift created the first Murder Mystery weekend in 1980, when working in the hotel industry. Now working on her 100th plot, Joy explains how she came up with the idea; the book and TV opportunities that have resulted and why sometimes it is hard for hotel staff to separate fact from fiction.