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THURSDAY 9 JANUARY
Presented by Mark Lawson
TRIBUTE TO PETER TINNISWOOD
Mark Lawson pays tribute to one of Radio 4's best loved drama and comedy writers, Peter Tinniswood who has died at the age of 66. His work included I Didn't Know you Cared and Tales From A Long Room. Mark is joined by radio drama producer Enyd Williams who directed his final radio play Anton in Eastbourne, and the Daily Telegraph's radio critic Gillian Reynolds. Also paying tribute is the TV dramatist David Nobbs, who collaborated with Peter Tinniswood on the TV series That Was The Week That Was.
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MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE
Mark Lawson talks to composer Mark-Anthony Turnage about the relationship between classical music and jazz, and how it feels to have a retrospective before the age of 50. Turnage is currently looking forward to being featured as this year's BBC Symphony Orchestra January Composer in a weekend of music at the Barbican in London which includes premieres of recent works as well as the jazz infused Blood On The floor and Greek, the operatic setting of Steven Berkoff's modern re-telling of the Oedipus myth
Momentum: The Music of Mark-Anthony Turnage - Etudes and Elegies, Barbican Hall, London, 18 January at 1pm. The event is part of BBC Symphony Orchestra 2002-2003 season. Tickets are available from the Barbican Hall on 020 7638 8891
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TAKEN
Mark Lawson is joined by critic, Kim Newman to preview Steven Spielberg's 10 part BBC television drama Taken which over coming Saturday nights unravels half a century of alien mythology through the stories of three fictional American families.
Taken, BBC2, 9 - 10.25pm and BBC Choice 10.30pm - midnight, Sat 11 Jan. Visit BBC Cult - Taken for further information
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STEPPING OUT
As Derek Jacobi transfers his Prospero from Sheffield to London in Michael Grandage's production of The Tempest, Front Row looks at when and why theatrical actors step out of character on stage.
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