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Don Warrington, Gillian Reynolds, Benjamin Myers

Don Warrington on playing a grieving father in Radio 4 drama Running with Lions, and radio critic Gillian Reynolds reflects on her 50-year career.

Don Warrington stars as the head of a family, united and divided by grief in Sian Davila鈥檚 debut play for Radio 4, Running with Lions. We speak to both Sian and Don about the play and its particular significance now.

Last Sunday, the doyenne of radio criticism, Gillian Reynolds CBE, wrote her final column for the Sunday Times. She joins Front Row to discuss a career that dates back to the late 1960s and shares her thoughts on the future of radio.

Durham-born novelist Benjamin Myers has made it his mission to explore the places and people of northern England in his fiction. He came to prominence in 2017 with The Gallows Pole, a novel about a band of 17th century Yorkshire money counterfeiters, which won the Walter Scott Prize. He talks to John about his latest release, his debut collection of short stories, Male Tears, a multifaceted exploration of what it means to be a man featuring some very brutal, troubled characters.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Simon Richardson
Studio Manager: Sue Maillot

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Talawa Stories: Running with Lions

is broadcast on Radio 4 on Friday at 2.15pm and will be available afterwards on 91热爆 Sounds
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Benjamin Myers

Benjamin Myers
Male Tears by Benjamin Myers is available now聽
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Radio Critic and Broadcaster - Gillian Reynolds CBE

Radio Critic and Broadcaster - Gillian Reynolds CBE

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