Front Row - 19/11/2008

Presented by Mark Lawson. The campaign to save Titian's two masterpieces Diana and Actaeon and Diana and Callisto received an unexpected boost today when the National Heritage Memorial Fund awarded £10million to the National Gallery and the National Galleries of Scotland. Jenny Abramsky, chair of the NHMF, and the National Gallery's director Nicholas Penny join the artist Bridget Riley to discuss the importance of the paintings and this award. Writer and broadcaster Kate Saunders joins Mark to deliver her verdict on Survivors, a re-imagining of the drama based on the novel by Terry Nation. The debut album by The Priests, three practising Roman Catholic Priests from Northern Ireland, is released next week. They received acclaim following a televised concert in Armagh earlier this year. Fathers Eugene and Martin O'Hagan and Father David Delargy came in to the studio to discuss their spritually-inspired tracks, and any potential conflict between showbiz and the Holy Orders. As the former ITV political editor John Sergeant quits Strictly Come Dancing, former contestant Quentin Wilson and David Butcher from the Radio Times join Mark to remember his feat at attaining the lowest ever score and discuss how reality shows are reacting to the power of the public vote.