Front Row - 26/09/2008

Presented by Kirsty Lang. Critic and writer Agnes Poirier reviews the new French film I've Loved You So Long, starring Kristin Scott Thomas who plays a mother with a shocking secret. All around the country events will be taking place to launch the Cultural Olympiad - the 28 million pound festival designed to showcase British artistic talent in the run-up to the 2012 Games. Kirsty Lang catches up with Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell and with Olympic gold medal winner Sebastian Coe as he runs round Tate Britain, and reports on other plans from around the country. Bette Midler talks to Kirsty about alternating between Elton John and Cher on the Vegas circuit, her stage persona, and why the film industry has sidelined her demographic. Oscar-winning film producer Michael Deeley, who produced films as diverse as the sci-fi classic Blade Runner, the Vietnam war film The Deer Hunter, and the British comedy caper The Italian Job, discusses the highs and lows of being a producer.