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Last broadcast on Thu, 23 Feb 2012, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
With Mark Lawson.
Mark reports on the latest art-work to adorn the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar - a golden boy on a rocking horse designed by Elmgreen and Dragset. and unveiled today by Joanna Lumley, who discusses the work.
Peter Ackroyd reflects on his biography of Wilkie Collins, author of the Moonstone and The Woman in White, and friend of Charles Dickens, whose personal life was full of secrets.
In Basildon is a new play by David Eldridge about a close knit Essex family coming to terms with a recent death. Writer Tim Lott gives his verdict.
And Mark speaks to two of the ten composers taking inspiration from Handel's Water Music for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The new works will be performed as part of the 1000 boat flotilla travelling down the Thames on June 3. Debbie Wiseman, whose film scores include Tom and Viv and Wilde, and Christopher Gunning, whose music includes the theme for Poirot, talk about the challenges of re-imagining Handel's famous score.
Producer Timothy Prosser.
New Fourth Plinth Statue: The Boy on a Rocking Horse
The new commission for the Fourth Plinth, Powerless Structures, Fig. 101 - The Boy on a Rocking Horse, by artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset, was unveiled today in London's Trafalgar Square by celebrated actress Joanna Lumley.
Pictured, the artists, Elmgreen & Dragset with Joanne Lumley beneath the Fourth Plinth.
Chapters
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Chapter 1
Mark reports on the latest art-work to adorn the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar.
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Chapter 2
Peter Ackroyd on his biography of Wilkie Collins.
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Chapter 3
Mark and Tim Lott review David Eldridge’s new play, In Basildon.
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Chapter 4
Mark speaks to two of the ten composers taking inspiration from Handel's Water Music for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Broadcast
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Thu 23 Feb 201219:15
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