Front Row reviews 1952

Published: June 2, 2022, 7 p.m.

To celebrate the Queen\u2019s platinum jubilee, Front Row discusses some of the cultural highlights of 1952.

Samira Ahmed is joined by broadcaster Dame Joan Bakewell, historian Matthew Sweet, film critic Anil Sinanan and the 20th Century Society\u2019s Catherine Croft.

They discuss Barbara Pym\u2019s novel Excellent Women, the Bollywood classic Aan, surreal sounds of The Goon Show, how the emerging architecture and style of 1952 influenced the rest of the decade and BBC radio's Caribbean Voices.