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Luke Wright performs Have a Gong
The energetic poet critiques the British honours system on The Janice Forsyth Show.
  1. Luke Wright performs Have a Gong
    01:58
    Luke Wright performs Have a Gong
  2. Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse
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    Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse
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  3. Mark Steel talks politics and comedy
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    Mark Steel talks politics and comedy
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  4. Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
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    Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
  5. Juliette Binoche on why actors are 'different animals'
    01:59
    Juliette Binoche on why actors are 'different animals'
  6. Claire Fuller and Nick Holdstock at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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    Claire Fuller and Nick Holdstock at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  7. Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
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    Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
  8. Alexander McCall Smith reads from The Revolving Door of Life
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    Alexander McCall Smith reads from The Revolving Door of Life
  9. Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
    09:27
    Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
  10. Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
    03:27
    Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
  11. Ali McGregor sings You Shook Me All Night Long
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    Ali McGregor sings You Shook Me All Night Long
  12. Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
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    Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
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