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THURSDAY 30 JANUARY
Presented by Mark Lawson
MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN
Salman Rushdie's Booker Prize winning novel, Midnight's Children has been adapted for the stage. Observer theatre critic, Kate Kellaway and Indian playwright and author, Girish Karnad review the Royal Shakespeare Company's production.
Midnight's Children opened last night at the Barbican Theatre London, and runs until 23 February before touring.
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MRS SIMPSON
Today the Public Record Office published revelatory files on the 1936 abdication of George VIII with details of an affair Wallis Simpson had with a car salesman. Mark Lawson discusses dramatic portrayals of Mrs Simpson with Snoo Wilson, HRH playwright, and with Heidi Thomas, screenwriter of The American Woman.
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MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS
John Wilson reports on Rubens' The Massacre of the Innocents which goes on public display for the first time today at the National Gallery in London. The painting is one of the world's most expensive and is hung alongside Rubens' Samson and Delilah.
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IRREVERSIBLE
Feminist author Yvonne Roberts reviews Gaspar Noé's controversial film Irreversible which contains a nine minute rape scene.
Irreversible opens around the UK from Friday 31 January, certificate 18
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SKETCH: LITERARY LONDON
A new take on the London A-Z with streets renamed after famous writers.
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SUPPORTING ACTORS
Duncan Campbell, Los Angeles correspondent for the Guardian, talks to Mark Lawson about what it means to be a supporting actor.
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COVER VERSIONS COMPETITION
In the latest Front Row competition you'll need to give all the answers to stand a chance of winning the prize of music vouchers.
Listen to these three pieces of music. What is the title of each song? Who are the three different artists?
Song One (20 January)
Song Two (21 January)
Song Three (22 January)
COMPETITION CLOSES TOMORROW WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED EARLY NEXT WEEK
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