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TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
Presented by Mark Lawson
MAN BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLIST
Chair of the Booker Prize Judging panel, Lisa Jardine and literary critic Peter Kemp discuss the Man Booker Prize shortlist, announced today.
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
(Canongate)
Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
(Faber and Faber)
Unless by Carol Shields
(Fourth Estate)
The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
(Viking)
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
(Virago)
Dirt Music by Tim Winton
(Picador)
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TURNER AT TATE BRITAIN
As Tate Britain opens a new Turner exhibition, John Wilson asks how the museum is progressing in its search for their two missing Turners.
Turner at Tate Britain opens on Wednesday 25 September at Tate Britain in London.
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HAPPY TIMES
Nigel Andrews, film critic for the Financial Times reviews reviews Happy Times, the new film from Yimou Zhang, the director of Raise the Red Lantern.
Happy Times, rated PG, is released on September 27, at selected cinemas nationwide.
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SANITISED FILMS
Clean Flicks, a Utah based video chain, edits scenes, such as Kate Winslet's nude appearance in Titanic, out of films before making them available in their store.
With the Directors' Guild of America now taking legal action against Clean Flicks, Mark Lawson asks the chain's founder, John Dixon, how he justifies the store's post-production stance.
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LARGE BANDS
As Polyphonic Spree, a Texan band made up of 25 white robe wearing musicians, release their first album, Alexis Petridis, music critic for the Guardian asks whether big bands are coming back into fashion.
The Beginning Stages of Polyphonic Spree by the Polyphonic Spree is in record shops now.
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Happy Times: Official Site
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