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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, David Morrissey, Cities of Culture that weren't, Text on screen

John Wilson with a review of Ben Stiller in The Secret Live of Walter Mitty, an interview with David Morrissey, the Cities of Culture that weren't, and the rise of text on screen.

With John Wilson.

Ben Stiller directs and stars in the second screen adaptation of the 1939 short story by James Thurber, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Stiller plays a timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through his daydreams, but when a negative goes missing, his real life takes an adventurous turn. Film critic Gaylene Gould reviews.

Actor David Morrissey talks to John about filming on a train with Sheridan Smith for new two-part drama The 7.39, why The Walking Dead decides how long his beard should be, and narrating the audiobook of his namesake's autobiography.

As Derry-Londonderry's year as City of Culture comes to an end, Front Row revisits the other cities that were shortlisted for the award. Chris Gribble who runs the Writers' Centre Norwich, Stuart Griffiths, Chief Executive of the Birmingham Hippodrome and Paul Billington, director of Culture and Environment for Sheffield, discuss the experience of being shortlisted, how their city's culture has fared this year, and how their cultural institutions are surviving the arts cuts that have made the headlines in 2013.

Adam Smith reflects on the proliferation of text on the small and big screen - from text messages to 3D subtitles.

Producer: Rebecca Armstrong.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    Gaylene Gould reviews the latest Ben Stiller movie, The Secret LIfe of Walter Mitty

    Duration: 05:12

  • David Morrissey

    David Morrissey talks about The 7.39, voicing his namesakes autobiography, and beards

    Duration: 10:02

  • Cities of Culture that weren't

    Front Row revisits the other cities that were shortlisted for the City Of Culture Award

    Duration: 10:07

  • Text on screen

    Adam Smith reflects on the proliferation of text on the small and big screen

    Duration: 02:44

The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty
The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty is in cinemas nationwide from Boxing Day 2013

David Morrissey

David Morrissey

The 7.39 is on 成人快手 1 at 9pm on 6 and 7 January 2014

City of Culture

The 11 places across the country which put their names forward to become the UK City of Culture in 2017 were:

Aberdeen, Chester, Dundee, East Kent (covering Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone and Thanet), Hastings and Bexhill on Sea, Hull, Leicester, Plymouth, Portsmouth and Southampton, Southend on Sea, and Swansea Bay (covering Swansea, Carmarthenshire, Neath, and Port Talbot)

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter John Wilson
Interviewed Guest David Morrissey
Interviewed Guest Chris Gribble
Interviewed Guest Stuart Griffiths
Interviewed Guest Paul Billington
Interviewed Guest Adam Smith
Producer Rebecca Armstrong

Broadcast

  • Thu 19 Dec 2013 19:15

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