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Andrew Graham-Dixon visits the new Firstsite Gallery in Colchester, Mark Kermode talks to Lars Von Trier about Melancholia and Alastair Sooke meets artist Frank Stella.

Andrew Graham-Dixon visits the new Firstsite Gallery in Colchester, Mark Kermode talks to Lars Von Trier about his new film Melancholia and Alastair Sooke meets American artist Frank Stella at his first major show here for 25 years.

The inmates of Wandsworth Prison talk about their unlikely passion for embroidery, while Michael Smith unpicks Postmodernism at the V&A. Journalist Lynn Barber chats to legendary editor Diana Athill, now in her nineties and enjoying her own successful literary career.

Plus Simon Thurley and Andrew Lloyd Webber launch the Heritage Angels Awards for those who have saved the buildings they love, and Nigel Kennedy explains his new work Four Elements.

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Sun 2 Oct 201119:00
BBC Two Scotland

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PresenterLynn Barber
Interviewed GuestDiana Athill
PresenterMark Kermode
PresenterAlastair Sooke
Interviewed GuestNigel Kennedy
PresenterSimon Thurley
Interviewed GuestAndrew Lloyd Webber

Broadcasts

  • Fri 30 Sep 201119:00
    BBC HD & BBC Two England
  • Sat 1 Oct 201102:20
    BBC Two
  • Sat 1 Oct 201118:00
    BBC Two Wales & Northern Ireland only
  • Sun 2 Oct 201119:00
    BBC Two Scotland

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