Main content

Jodie Whittaker, Nicola Barker, Jason Bateman - plus Tony Kushner's Queer Icon

Nicola Barker on her new novel H(a)ppy, and Tony Kushner on Alison Bechdel's Fun Home. Plus Jason Bateman on Ozarks, and Jodie Whittaker shares her podcast and music highlights.

Nicola Barker is one of Britain's most unconventional novelists. Her new novel H(A)PPY is set in a post-post apocalyptic future where everyone is eternally young, eternally knowledgeable and eternally happy, until cracks start to appear. Nicola talks to Samira about the novel.

For Front Row's Queer Icons, Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner champions Alison Bechdel's graphic novel Fun Home, which has been turned into a hit musical.

In the new Netflix drama Ozarks Jason Bateman plays a financial adviser trying to keep his family safe from a Mexican drug cartel after a money laundering scheme goes wrong. Although very different in tone to TV shows like Arrested Development and films like Horrible Bosses, Bateman is once again cast as the most normal character, the one the audience can connect with. He talks to Samira Ahmed about the appeal of such roles, why he wanted to direct the series and life as a child star.

In Front Row's new series Hooked, actors, writers and musicians share the films, podcasts and music they currently love.
Actress Jodie Whittaker - who has just been revealed as the 13th Doctor Who - explains why she's hooked on the podcast S-Town and Pete Tong's album Classic House.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Jack Soper.

Available now

30 minutes

Chapters

  • Nicola Barker

    Duration: 07:41

  • Tony Kushner

    Duration: 06:06

  • Jason Bateman

    Duration: 08:24

  • Jodie Whittaker

    Duration: 06:04

Nicola Barker

Nicola Barker
Nicola Barker
Photo credit: Eammon McCabe

H(A)PPY is published on 20 July 

Jason Bateman

Jason Bateman
Samira Ahmed and Jason Bateman

Ozark is available on Netflix from Fri 21 July

Queer Icons - Tony Kushner

Queer Icons - Tony Kushner
Tony Kushner

Tony Kushner's Queer Icon is Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel Fun Home

Hooked - Jodie Whittaker

Hooked - Jodie Whittaker
Jodie Whittaker

Jodie is hooked on: Pete Tong’s ‘Classic House’ album with
The Heritage Orchestra conducted by Jules Buckley

Main image: Jodie Whittaker
Photo credit: ´óÏó´«Ã½Â 

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest Nicola Barker
Interviewed Guest Tony Kushner
Interviewed Guest Jason Bateman
Interviewed Guest Jodie Whittaker
Producer Jack Soper

Broadcast

  • Tue 18 Jul 2017 19:15

´óÏó´«Ã½ Arts Digital

The best of British culture live and on demand.

Inspire

Inspire

A season discovering where artists find inspiration and helping listeners get creative.

Podcast