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SIGNS
Critic Bob McCabe gives his verdict on Signs, the latest film by Sixth Sense director M. Night Shyamalan - starring Mel Gibson.

Signs opens at cinemas nationwide this Friday, certificate 12A.
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9/11 AND WRITERS
Front Row considers the effect of the events of September 11 2001 on the work of writers including Martin Amis, John Updike, Joyce Carol Oates and the playwright and film director Neil LaBute.
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PETER USTINOV
Mark Lawson talks to actor, playwright, director and novelist Peter Ustinov in light of a new biography written by John Miller.

The authorised biography of Peter Ustinov The Gift of Laughter by John Miller is published by Weidenfeld and Nicholson
(ISBN: 0297646605).
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SIMON RATTLE
Simon Rattle made his debut as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra at the weekend. Mark Lawson talks to Nicholas Kenyon, his biographer.
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COVER VERSIONS
As 'The Wurzels' interpret Don't look Back in Anger by Oasis, Paul Gambaccini discusses the do's and don'ts of cover versions.
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