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THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
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IAN BOSTRIDGE
One of Britain's best known opera singers, Ian Bostridge, talks to Mark Lawson about his surprising conversion to the show tunes of Noel Coward.

The Noel Coward Songbook is released on the EMI Classics label.
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CELEBRITY FIT CLUB
Celebrity Fit Club, the new ITV series which takes well known personalities like Ann Widdecombe and tries to make them fit and trim, is reviewed by Andrew Pierce from The Times.

Celebrity Fit Club begins on ITV this Friday at 8.30pm.
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DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA YA SISTERHOOD
American journalist Diane Roberts considers the cult status of the film Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood which has swept across the States after the success of Rebecca Well's book of the same name.

Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood opens across the UK tomorrow and is cert PG
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ANNE ENRIGHT
Mark Lawson interviews Anne Enright about her new book The Pleasure of Elizabeth Lynch about an Irish prostitute who became a national icon in Paraguay.

The Pleasure of Elizabeth Lynch by Anne Enright is published by Jonathan Cape; ISBN: 0224062697
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POETRY AND ADVERTISING
Jenny Joseph is the first living poet to have a poem (Warning) used to advertise a product on television. Poet Penelope Shuttle gives her opinion on the use of poetry for commercial purposes.
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