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FRIDAY 20 DECEMBER
Presented by Francine Stock
TURNER RETURNED
The Tate Gallery today made a surprise announcement that two paintings by Turner, stolen in 1994, have been found and will go back on display in January. The paintings were insured for £24 million when thieves snatched them from a gallery in Germany. They were found undamaged. John Wilson talks to Nicholas Serota.
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PETER PAN
Dr Peggy Reynolds reviews a musical version of Peter Pan at the Royal Festival Hall in London. The music is by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, who also wrote the award-winning Honk!. Susannah York narrates the JM Barrie story, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra provides music and Richard Wilson plays Captain Hook, in a monochrome set, with monochrome costumes by television design sultan Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen.
Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure, 19 December - 12 January, Royal Festival Hall, London
Peter Pan is also on at Birmingham Repertory Theatre runs till 18 anuary
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BOOK COLLECTING
John Baxter caught the collecting bug in the winter of 1978 when he found a rare copy of Graham Greene's children's book The Little Horse Bus. Front Row talks to author and critic John Baxter; book dealer, Martin Stone; book dealer, Rick Gekoski; and owner of Pemberton's bookshop Hay-on-Wye, Diana Blunt..
John Baxter, A Pound of Paper, Doubleday; ISBN: 0385603681
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BRAZILIAN CULTURE MINISTER
Brazil has a new culture minister, announced a few hours ago in the city of Sao Paulo, for the incoming administration of President-elect Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva, known as Lula.
The culture minister's name will probably be familiar because he has an international following, it's Gilberto Gil, the singer and musician, who won a Grammy World Music Award in 1998. Francine Stock talks to Brazilian journalist Jan Rocha in Sao Paolo
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CHRITMAS TV PICKS
Author and journalist, Terence Blacker picks his Christmas TV favourites.
Inquisition is on C5 on 22 December at 9PM
The Virgin Mary is on BBC1 on 22 December at 8PM
An Angel for May is on ITV1 at 1035AM on 23 December
Little Wolf's Book of Badness is on C4 on 24 December at 3.45PM
Cockstars is on C4 at 1135PM on 25 December
John Osborne: Angry Man is on C4 at 8.05PM C4 on 25 December
Hound of the Baskervilles is on BBC1 at 9PM on 26 December
Absolutely Fabulous is on BBC1 at 9pm on 27 December
BBC2 Peter Cook at A Slight Angle to the Universe is on BBC2 at 9PM on 28 December
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