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THURSDAY 15 AUGUST
Presented by Mark Lawson

SPY KIDS 2
The critic Bob Mcabe reviewed the original movie for Front Row and now returns with his opinion on the sequel, Spy Kids 2.

Spy Kids 2 is on general release nationwide tomorrow, certificate U. Listen to the review


PG WODEHOUSE
Robert McCrum - literary editor of The Observer talks to Mark Lawson about the release of declassified government papers relating to the period of the author PG Wodehouse's disgrace.
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SUMMER SOUNDS: JAN FAIRLEY
Journalist Jan Fairley selects World music for Summer.

Jan Fairley's choices were:

Mariza - Fado Em Mim
(World Connection)

Estrella Morente - My Songs and A Poem
(Real World)

Papa Noel & Papi Oviedo - Bana Congo
(Tumi)
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GENDER BENDING FICTION
This month Annabel Donald published the novel Be Nice which iwas known colloquially in publishing circles as Lady Of the Flies. Front Row investigates Gender Bending fiction with the novelist Emma Tennant, Peggy Reynolds, reader in English at Queen Mary College, University of London, and the critic Peter Kemp.

Annabel Donald’s novel Be Nice is published by Jonathan Cape.
(ISBN: 0224063081)
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AGEING DJ'S
As Mark Goodier announces he will leave Radio 1 and Judge Jules suffers a slipped disc caused by bending over turntables in night-clubs, David Quantick considers the plight of the middle-aged DJ.
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