FrontRow: 010212 Ashley Walters; She Stoops To Conquer




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Summary: John Wilson interviews musician-turned-actor Ashley Walters who is now starring in a new BBC drama, Inside Men. Katherine Kelly from Coronation Street stars as Kate Hardcastle in a new production of She Stoops To Conquer, at the National Theatre which also features Steve Pemberton and Sophie Thompson. Rachel Cooke reviews. Professor Martin Kemp speculates on the news story that a contemporary copy of the Mona Lisa has been discovered in the vaults of the Prado Museum in Madrid. In Man On A Ledge, a new film out this week, the majority of the action takes place high up on the outside of a Manhattan hotel. Film historian Ian Christie and critic Adam Smith consider the enduring appeal to film-makers of the vertiginous setting of the high-rise building.