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Monday 01 March

Channel 4's new series 'No Angels'
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MONDAY 01 MARCH

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NO ANGELS
As Channel 4's new series No Angels looks at the life of four young nurses in Leeds, Front Row compares its depiction of modern nurses with their television predecessors Angels, the BBC's tale of student nurses first broadcast nearly 30 years ago in 1975. Chris Dunkley reviews.

'No Angels' starts on Channel 4 tomorrow at 10pm

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IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA
Mark Lawson talks to artists Damien Hirst, Sarah Lucas & Angus Fairhurst - friends since art college, collaborating for the first time in a joint exhibition at Tate Britain. The title of the exhibition In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, is a reference to the biblical theme of the garden of Eden - which is the setting for works about love, sex, death and destruction.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida at Tate Britain Level 2 Exhibition Galleries, 3 March to 31 May 2004

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NOVEL ADS
Novelist Carole Matthews has signed a deal with FORD for her characters to drive Fiestas in her next 2 novels and short story series. Mark Lawson investigates product placement in novels new and old, with critic & writer Professor John Sutherland.

'The Sweetest Taboo', published 2 Feb 2004 by Headline, ISBN No: 0747267707

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60 COMPOSERS = 1 PIECE
Django Bates, director of the new festival of contemporary music FuseLeeds talks about commissioning 1 bar of music each from 60 different composers and arranging them in the order of his choice to make a piece of music to celebrate the 60th birthday of jazz saxophonist Evan Parker.

See Fuseleeds site for concerts listing and dates
Django Bates
BBC3 Jazz: Evan Parker Biog.
FuseLeeds: Premature Celebration

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THE FOG OF WAR
Director Errol Morris, whose film The Fog of War picked up the Oscar for best documentary last night, talks about its subject, Robert McNamara, who was Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations, and later President of the World Bank.

The Fog of War is released 2nd April. Certificate PG.

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