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Terry Jones remembered by Michael Palin, Hugh Laurie on Avenue 5, Gabrielle Aplin

Terry Jones remembered by Michael Palin; Hugh Laurie on Armando Iannucci's TV drama Avenue 5; Kerry Hudson on risk; singer Gabrielle Aplin

Michael Palin remembers his friend and fellow Python, Terry Jones - writer, director, actor and historian - whose death at the age of 77 was announced today.

Hugh Laurie discusses his new role in Armando Iannucci’s new TV comedy drama Avenue 5, which is set on a galactic cruise liner. When a mishap turns the eight-week pleasure jaunt among the stars into a voyage lasting three-and-a-half years it’s not just the spacecraft that begins to breakdown – it’s civilisation itself. And masks begin to slip. Laurie stars as the urbane, silver-haired Ryan Clark, the confidence inspiring Captain. But Clark is not what he seems.

Mental health, the pressures of social media and a feeling of freedom all feature in Gabrielle Aplin’s upbeat pop album Dear Happy. The singer-songwriter talks to Samira about making the album on her own record label and performs live in the studio.

As Front Row continues to explore risk in the arts, author Kerry Hudson speaks about the emotional risk involved in writing her memoir Lowborn: Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain’s Poorest Towns.

Presenter Samira Ahmed
Producer Jerome Weatherald

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Terrry Jones remembered by Michael Palin

Terrry Jones remembered by Michael Palin

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Main image above: Terry Jones

Image credit: Dale Cherry/Mirrorpix/Getty Images

Image to the left Terry Jones (far right) and the rest of the Monty Python crew with  Eddie Izzard

Hugh Laurie on Avenue 5

Hugh Laurie on Avenue 5

Avenue 5 can be watched, streamed or downloaded from Sky One from 22 January 2020.

Image: Hugh Laurie (centre), as Ryan Clark, Andy Buckley as Frank Kelly, and Rebecca Front as Karen Kelly in Avenue 5

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Front Row Risk

Front Row Risk
Join the audience in the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio Theatre, London, on 05 February 2020 for the unveiling of  Front Row's Risk List  - our top ten riskiest artworks in the last 20 years - live on air. Book your free  tickets from Ö÷²¥´óÐã Shows and Tours.

Gabrielle Aplin

Gabrielle Aplin

Gabrielle Aplin's album, is available now.

The UK and Ireland log of Gabrielle Aplin's European tour starts at Glasgow on 04 March 2020, and goes on to visit Liverpool, Newcastle, Manchester, Belfast, Dublin, Leeds, Cardiff, Nottingham, Brighton, London and ends in Bristol on 18 March 2020.

Image: Gabrielle Aplin

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