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FRIDAY 3 JANUARY
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Presented by John Wilson
THE FALL OF MILOSEVIC
This weekend sees the start of a major television documentary series called The Fall of Milosevic. It traces the former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic's murderous journey to court in The Hague to be tried for genocide and crimes against humanity in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. Former BBC correspondent Martin Bell, who reported on the wars there, joins John Wilson to review the documentary.
The first of 3 parts of The Fall of Milosevic begins on BBC2 on Sunday at 9pm
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DAVID CRONENBERG
Set in the backstreets of London, David Cronenberg's new film Spider, re-written for the screen by author Paul McGrath, is very different from his technologically-obsessed dramas - Videodrome, The Fly and Dead Ringers. Ralph Fiennes plays a man on release from a mental institution in search of the truth about his family. David Cronenberg joins John Wilson to discuss the film.
Spider is released at selected cinemas nationwide today, certificate 15
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ANNIE PROULX
Travel writer and novelist Colin Thubron joins John Wilson to review Annie Proulx's new book The Old Ace in the Hole.
That Old Ace in the Hole by Annie Proulx is published by Fourth Estate on 6 January 2003, ISBN: 0007151519
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TOMORROW'S WORLD
Sarah Hargreaves, Creative Director of Tomorrow's World, sets out the future of the BBC science programme, whilst science writer Simon Singh and John Wilson discuss.
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GRANTA 2003
Following the publication of Granta's list of the best young writers in 2003, Lawrence Norfolk, from the class of 1993, reflects on the Granta seal of approval.
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