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John Preston, the Costa Award-winning biographer of media tycoon Robert Maxwell, makes his screenwriting debut with a drama about another infamous figure of the 1970s, the MP John Stonehouse. He joins Tom Sutcliffe to discuss the line between fact and fiction in dramatising the story of the MP who faked his own death.

Reviewers Amon Warmann and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh give their verdicts on two major films out this week: Till, the story of Emmett Till鈥檚 mother Mamie鈥檚 fight for justice after her son was lynched in 1955, featuring a powerful performance by Danielle Deadwyler; and Empire of Light, written and directed by Sam Mendes. Set in a seaside town cinema in the 70s it stars Olivia Colman and Micheal Ward, and is inspired in part by Mendes鈥� mother鈥檚 experiences.

And James Conor Patterson reads his poem 鈥渓ondon mixtape鈥� from his debut collection 鈥渂andit country鈥�, which has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot Poetry Prize. Front Row is featuring each of the 10 poets shortlisted and we鈥檒l hear from the winner when they鈥檙e announced on Tuesday 17th January.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Paul Waters

(Till picture credit: Lynsey Weatherspoon / Orion Pictures)