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THURSDAY 16 JANUARY
Presented by John Wilson
STEPHEN POLIAKOFF
John Wilson talks to writer director Stephen Poliakoff about The Lost Prince, his film on the short life of the epileptic Prince John, who the Royal family tried to hide.
The Lost Prince is on BBC One this Sunday (with the second part next Sunday) at 8:30 pm. A week long Poliakoff Season also begins on Sunday on BBC Four.
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MICHAEL CRAWFORD
Michael Crawford's latest theatrical venture in New York, Dance of The Vampires, is closing less than seven weeks after opening. John Wilson asks Matt Woolf of Variety magazine why this has become the most expensive Broadway flop ever.
Dance of the Vampires is still playing at the Minskoff Theatre, Broadway, New York, until the 25 January 2003.
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COLUMN: ENNUI
As a Parisian resident, John Baxter considers the culture of Gallic tedium.
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GILLES PETERSON
John Wilson talks to DJ Gilles Peterson about Impressed, his compilation of rare British Jazz of the 1960's. Jazz that was played in the backstreets and underground clubs of London, Bristol, Manchester & Birmingham.
Impressed, Compilation CD released 20 January 2003 on the Universal Jazz label.
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FRITZ LANG
To mark the release of a newly restored print of Fritz Lang's 1927 dystopian fantasy, Metropolis, we review Fritz Lang's career.
Metropolis, Cert.PG, 91 mins. premiers at the National Film Theatre, London, tomorrow night and then tours to selected cinemas nationwide.
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