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27 September 2004
Presented by Mark Lawson
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GURINDER CHADHA
The director of Bend It Like Beckham tells Mark about relocating Jane Austen to India in her new film Bride and Prejudice - and what it was like to show the movie to a gathering of passionate Austen enthusiasts
Bride and Prejudice opens nationwide next Friday, 08 October
GWEN JOHN AND AUGUSTUS JOHN
The renown of the painterly siblings Gwen and Augustus John has declined in the years since their deaths - Gwen in 1939, Augustus in 1961. The writer and novelist A N Wilson joins Mark to discuss whether a new exhibition of their work at Tate Britain in London will boost their stature.
Gwen John and Augustus John opens at Tate Britain tomorrow (Wednesday 29 September) and runs until 09 January
Tate Britain
DESIGN MUSEUM
The Design Museum was set up in 1989 by Sir Terence Conran as a showcase for the artistic end of manufacturing. But now the inventor James Dyson has announced that he is resigning as Chairman, citing an overemphasis on style in the museum's exhibitions. The design journalist Corinne Julius joins Mark with news of further developments...
OLD PLAYS, NEW RESONANCE
The Solid Gold Cadillac is a fifty-year-old play which has lately become topical again - it's about a small shareholder taking on corporate fat cats. This makes it the latest example of how old plays can become newly relevant. With the help of Simon Reade, joint artistic director of the Bristol Old Vic, and the playwright David Edgar, Mark explores the moments when cold scripts become hot money. The Solid Gold Cadillac is on at the Garrick Theatre in central London
AMERICA'S TV FRINGE
The 2004 Emmy Awards - America's top television prizes - were announced last week. They highlighted a new generation of shows that are edgier than the type of dramas and comedies traditionally produced by the major American networks. To discuss whether American television is developing a Fringe akin to that seen in British theatre, Mark talks to Jim Poniewozik, television critic for Time Magazine.
Arrested Development begins on BBC2 at 10pm tomorrow, Wednesday 29 September
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