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WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER
Presented by Francine Stock
LE DIVORCE
Le Divorce is the latest contemporary film from the Merchant Ivory team. The film stars Kate Hudson & Naomi Watts as Californian blonde sisters in Paris and revolves around a divorce and a family heirloom painting. Jason Solomons reviews.
Le Divorce is released in UK cinemas on Friday 19 September, certificate 12A
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1000 YEARS OF POP MUSIC
Asked by Playboy Magazine in 1999 to submit a list of the ten greatest songs of the Millennium, musician Richard Thompson decided to take the request literally. Beginning around 1068, his list includes amongst others, Summer is Iucmen Gilbert and Sullivan's There is Beauty and Abba's Money. Front Row talks to Richard Thompson about his CD, 1000 Years of Pop Music.
Richard Thompson's CD is available on Beeswing Records and he will be performing at Sadler's Wells Thurs night
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Related website: The Official Site of Richard Thompson
ZOOMORPHIC
Hugh Pearman, architecture critic for The Sunday Times and Armand Leroi, Reader in Biology at Imperial College, London review Zoomorphic, the Victoria and Albert Museum's exhibition on contemporary architecture inspired by animals.
Zoomorphic at the V&A Museum, London, 18 Sept - 4 Jan 2004
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Related website: V&A Museum
CLARINETTIST JACK BRYMER
Clarinettist Jack Brymer, who has died this week, is credited with bringing the instrument out of the shadows and having inspired postwar players. Francine speaks with Clive Gillinson, Managing Director of the London Symphony Orchestra who played alongside Jack Brymer and knew him well.
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KHALED HOSSEINI
Francine interviews Afghan doctor Khaled Hosseini who received political asylum in 1980. He has recently published his first novel, The Kite Runner. Set in Afghanistan, it tells the story of two young boys and how their friendship and lives are irrevocably changed by an act of betrayal.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is published by Bloomsbury, ISBN 0747566526
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