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FRIDAY 20 FEBRUARY
Presented by John Wilson
HUSTLE
Critic Emily Bell reviews Hustle, the new Tony Jordan scripted BBC ONE drama about confidence tricksters. Robert Vaughn, famed for his role in The Man from U.N.C.L.E, and acclaimed stage actor Adrian Lester star.
Hustle starts Tuesday 24 February on BBC ONE
Related links:
BBC ONE: Hustle
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RUSSIAN ART BUYERS
After industrialist Victor Vekselberg paid a reported $90m for the Forbes collection of Faberge eggs, Front Row examines the spending power of Russian art buyers. Godfrey Barker, art market expert, Sarah Rainsford, BBC correspondent in Moscow, and Mikhail Piotrovsky, Director of the Hermitage, discuss.
Related links:
BBC News: Faberge eggs to return to Russia
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FILMS ON STAGE
With a theatrical version of Rob Reiner's 1989 movie, When Harry Met Sally opening tonight, Matt Wolf, London correspondent for Variety magazine, discusses whether moments like that film's celebrated "orgasm scene" or the nudity in The Graduate work as well on stage.
When Harry Met Sally opens at the Theatre Royal, London, this evening
Related links:
Theatre Royal, London
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THE ALARM
The Alarm an ageing Welsh rock band have scored their first chart hit in decades after releasing their new single under the pseudonym The Poppyfields with a group of youngsters miming the words for the video. Neil McCormick, music critic of the Daily Telegraph, reflects on this change in artistic persona.
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FILM FUNDING
British made film,Tulip Fever, based on a novel by Deborah Moggah and adapted by Tom Stoppard, is currently in production. Like other Brit Films, it is being made with the help of a tax loophole. But this was suddenly closed by the Treasury last week. John talks to the producer of Tulip Fever, Alison Owen, who has been warning all week that unless the funding gap is closed by the end of today, the film would close.
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