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MONDAY 9 FEBRUARY
Presented by Mark Lawson
OPERATIC JUSTICE
Miami Judge Jeffrey Swartz on his unique way of dealing with offenders who come up before him on charges of noise pollution - they either pay the fine or spend an afternoon listening to classical and operatic music.
Related links:
Times: Soothing the Savage Stereos
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DOGVILLE
Film critic Antonia Quirke of the London Evening Standard, reviews Lars von Trier's latest film Dogville, starring Nicole Kidman as a woman on the run in America during the depression of the 1930s.
Dogville opens around the country on 13 Feb 2004, Cert.15, lasting for 3 hrs with no scenery, set design or props
Related links:
BBCi Films - Dogville
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DAVID STOREY
Writer, David Storey won the Booker prize in 1976 for his novel Saville, and depicted the world of rugby league on stage in The Changing Room and in a novel which was made into the film This Sporting Life. He talks to Mark about his unusual method of writing as his new novel Thin-Ice Skater is published.
Thin-Ice Skater, published by Jonathan Cape, ISBN 0224064495
Related links:
Contemporary authors: David Storey
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THE THIRD WORLD WAR: AL-QAEDA
Stephen Dorril, author of M16 - Fifty Years of Special Operations joins Mark in reviewing Peter Taylor's BBC Two Documentary, The Third World War - al-Qaeda.
'The Third World War: al-Qaeda' begins tomorrow on BBC2 at 9pm
Related links:
Investigating Al Qaeda
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COLUMN: CHANGING SOAPS
David Quantick examines the geographical and linguistic certainties of our favourite soaps that may be about to disappear as Coronation Street introduces a new character who is an 'EastEnder'.
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