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MONDAY 05 AUGUST
Presented by Mark Lawson.


THE COAST OF UTOPIA
Peter Kemp and Lesley Chamberlain along with Mark Lawson review Tom Stoppard’s first work for the theatre for five years, The Coast of Utopia.

Voyage, Shipwreck and Salvage - the three plays comprising Tom Stoppard’s The Coast Of Utopia - are in repertory at the National Theatre in London with performances of all three plays on some Saturdays.
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JOHN HARLE
Mark Lawson interviews saxophonist John Harle about his career which ranges from Proms premieres to the soundtrack for the TV drama Silent Witness.

John Harle is performing The Little Death Machine at the BBC Proms in London’s Albert Hall on August 06 at 2200.
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POP STARS WRITING SONGS
Neil McCormick Music Correspondent at The Daily Telegraph on why pop stars need to boast when they write their own songs...

Colourblind by Darius is out now on Mercury records.
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FERRETS IN LITERATURE
The author of the cult 70's book Jonathan Livingstone Seagull returns with...The Ferret Chronicles. For Front Row, John Sutherland reflects on animal stories.
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