BBC Radio 4: Front Row – Live

Samira Ahmed hosts Front Row live from Hay Festival, joined by Jack Thorne, writer of the most acclaimed television drama of the year, Adolescence, as well as the BBC’s recent series Lord of the Flies. James Bond author Vaseem Khan will discuss Quantum of Menace, the first book in a spin-off mystery series led by the character Q. Best-selling crime writer Val McDermid talks about her latest thriller, Silent Bones. And we’ll have poetry from the National Poet of Wales, Hanan Issa.