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THURSDAY 29 AUGUST
Presented by John Wilson
12 RATING
The British Board of Film Classification has just announced the biggest change to film ratings for more than a decade. Director of the BBFC, Robin Duval, tells John Wilson why the 12 film certificate is to be replaced by the 12A.
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ANTONIO PAPPANO
John Wilson talks to the new musical director of the Royal Opera House: Antonio Pappano
Antonio Pappano conducts Richard Strauss' opera Ariadne Auf Naxos at the Royal Opera House in London from Friday 6th September. The production will be broadcast live on Radio 3 on Saturday 21st September.
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WRITING THE WIVES
The latest trend in literary biography is not writing about writers' lives, but writing about writers' wives. Critic DJ Taylor and biographer Brenda Maddox discuss whether this can shed any new light or is it just scraping the barrel?
Sometimes Madness is Wisdom (a biography of Scott Fitzgerald's wife Zelda) by Kendall Taylor is published by Robson Books
The Painted Shadow: A life of Vivienne Elliot by Carole Seymour-Jones is published by Constable (12 September 2002)
Becoming George: The Life of Mrs W.B. Yeats by Ann Saddlemyer is published by OUP (19 September 2002)
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COLDPLAY
British band Coldplay's first album Parachutes was a surprise best-seller last year. As their keenly-awaited follow-up album, A Rush of Blood to the Head, appears on the shelves, Front Row has a review.
A Rush of Blood to the Head by Coldplay is out on Parlophone Records
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THE CHAIR
This week sees the start of a television show featuring a chair designed to make the sitter feel uncomfortable. John McEnroe is hosting a BBC1 gameshow in which contestants are wired to a electronic chair which measures heartbeat. The winner is the one who answers both correctly and coolly. Martin Kelner considers the televisual history of the Chair.
The Chair begins on BBC ONE on Saturday 31 August 2002
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