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TUESDAY 17 JUNE
Presented by Mark Lawson
THE CRIME OF FATHER AMARO
Catholic novelist Piers Paul Read joins Mark Lawson in reviewing the Mexican film The Crime of Father Amaro (El Crimen del Padre Amaro) on the potent & tragic mix of sex and religion.
The Crime of Father Amaro is on limited release from this Friday 20 June 2003 Certificate 15
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ROY WILLIAMS
Mark Lawson talks to dramatist Roy Williams about how the Damilola Taylor case provoked his new play Fallout into examining racism in the police force.
Fallout opens at London's Royal Court Theatre tonight
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VENICE BIENNALE
Art critic Tim Marlowe and John Wilson report on British art at the Venice Biennale 2003, with this being the first year that Wales & Scotland have exhibited solo, rather than grouped under the union flag.
The Venice Biennale continues with art exhibitions all over the city until Nov 02
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ESPIONAGE & THE ARTS
Mark Lawson speaks to Michael Smith, Daily Telegraph defence correspondent, and author of The Spying Game: The Secret History of British Espionage which looks at the surprisingly close (and often unknowing) links between espionage and the arts.
The Spying Game, Paperback, Published 3 June 2003 by Politico, ISBN: 1842750046
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SKETCH: AUDIENCE AWARDS
As several cultural awards have moved towards being chosen by the public rather than artistic worthies, Front Row wonders, isn't it time that there were actually awards for audiences themselves?
The Actors were Tracy-Ann Oberman and Ben Nealon
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BBCi Films: The Crime of Father Amaro
Royal Court Theatre: Fallout
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