Episode
Helen of Troy - a new play by Ava Pickett
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- Front Row
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- Sep 7, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 2564
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- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00316r6
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Summary
Ava Pickett discusses her new play Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy at Theatre Royal Stratford East, and the huge success 1536, her Olivier Award-winning play about the Tudors. Louisa Young on her novel The Golden Years, which continues The Cazalet Chronicles, the hugely popular series of books by Elizabeth Jane Howard. With the opening this week of the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum, Samira talks to Agnes Valencak, Head of Exhibitions at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and art dealer Philip Mould about the challenges of moving priceless pieces of art. Plus Guy Lodge on the latest news from the Venice International Film Festival Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Andrea Kidd