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THURSDAY 28 AUGUST
Presented by Mark Lawson


CYPHER
Jeremy Northam plays an accountant who wants to be a spy, in Cube director Vincenzo Natali's new sci-fi thriller. Jenny Mcartney joins Front Row to discuss.
Cypher is in cinemas 29 August
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NICHOLAS POPE
Nicholas Pope was a leading British artist before a period of great depression after severe illness in 1987 forced him to reassess his art-making. Mark Lawson speaks to Pope about his plans for a "motorway service station of the seven deadly sins".
Nicholas Pope's exhibition, in collaboration with architects Broadway Malyan, is at the Bernard Jacobsen Gallery in London from September 5th to September 27th.
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DAVID ESSEX
As the rock movies Stardust and That'll be the Day are re-released, screenwriter Ray Connolly reflects on a rare period of success for the British film industry.
The David Essex DVD double feature is in shops now
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SUNDAY TELEVISION
Sunday has always been a time of violent activity in television: the last evening before the working week has always featured some of the biggest ratings battles. There's another this weekend when - at 9pm peak-time on Sunday - both of the two main terrestrial channels launch a new series.
Rosemary and Thyme is on ITV1 at 9 pm on Sunday, The Debt is on BBC 1 at the same time
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CANNABIS IN SOAP OPERAS
In a week that sees a cannabis crop drugs bust in Eastenders, critic and author Dorothy Hobson joins Front Row to discuss soap storylines and the drug.
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