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FRIDAY 23 AUGUST
Presented by Rosie Goldsmith


MATTHEW BOURNE
Rosie Goldsmith talks to choreographer Matthew Bourne about his latest work, A Play Without Words, a story of class and sex in 1960s London.

A Play Without Words devised by Matthew Bourne opens tonight at the National Theatre in London and runs until 14 September.
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EDINBURGH TV FESTIVAL
For Front Row, Guardian Online Editor Emily Bell sums up the news from the Edinburgh Television Festival.

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KRAFTWERK
Front Row looks at the Kraftwerk legacy with the help of Kraftwerk’s Wolfgang Flur, Tim Barr, author of a book about the band, Alexis Petridis, music critic of The Guardian and Senor Coconut who has adopted and adapted the Kraftwerk sound.

Senor Coconut appears at Creamfields in Liverpool tomorrow, and his album El Baile Alleman is out now (New State records).

Tim Barr's book Kraftwerk: From Dusseldorf to the Future (with love) is published by Ebury Press (ISBN: 0091864909)

The Kraftwerk albums used in the feature included:

Organisation - Tone Float (Kraftwerk before they became known as Kraftwerk)

The Man Machine (Capitol records)

Autobahn (Capitol records)

Trans-Europe Express (Capitol records)

Computer World (EMI records)
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PUTIN SONG
Rosie Goldsmith talks to asked Russian journalist Vladimir Mikheyev about the interest generated by a song, named after the Russian President Vladimir Putin - Someone like Putin.
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SUPERHEROES
Directors have begun to think about making films which pit the comic book giants against each other. Film critic Jason Solomons imagines what might happen if the likes of Batman fought The Incredible Hulk.
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