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WEDNESDAY 28 AUGUST
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MARGARET DRABBLE
John Wilson talks to writer Margaret Drabble about her latest novel, The Seven Sisters.

The Seven Sisters is published by Penguin Viking. (ISBN: 0670913359)
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SPARKHOUSE
Novelist and critic Julie Myerson and John Wilson review the new BBC ONE drama, Sparkhouse written by Sally Wainwright (At Home With The Braithwaites).

Sparkhouse begins on Sunday night at 9pm on BBC ONE.
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GHOST COMPOSING
How common are musical ghostwriters in the Hollywood TV industry?
John Wilson and Lawyer Brian Lee Corber discuss claims that the credited composer of a big name series was not the sole author of the programme's music.
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EMMETT MILLER
Nick Tosches, Emmett Miller's biographer and Alyn Shipton, award-winning jazz writer and presenter of Radio 3's Jazz File consider the legacy of Emmett Miller, a forgotten singer from the late days of minstrelsy and the early days of jazz.

Where Dead Voices by Nick Tosches is published by Jonathan Cape (ISBN: 0224063154)
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COURTAULD INSTITUTE
Art critic Godfrey Barker talks about news of the arrival at the Courtauld Institute of more than one hundred 20th century works of art comprising paintings, sculpture and works on paper ranging from the 1890s to the 1960s.
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