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28 September 2004
Presented by Mark Lawson
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SIR JOHN MORTIMER
The writer and barrister tells Mark about returning to the beginnings of his much loved fictional lawyer Horace Rumpole. Many of Mortimer's previous Rumpole stories mention his early triumph in the case of the Penge Bungalow Murders. The details were never disclosed, but now Mortimer's new novel reveals all.
Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders is published next week in hardback.
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PETER SELLERS
Geoffrey Rush turns in a lead performance as the British comic actor which mimics Sellers' own dazzling versatility. Rush not only plays Sellers himself, but recreates excerpts from such Sellers films as The Pink Panther and Dr Strangelove. What's more, at certain moments he takes over playing other characters in the film. Journalist, novelist and screenwriter Ray Connolly joins Mark to assess Rush's impersonation of a master impersonator - and to discuss The Party, a 1968 Sellers movie being re-released on DVD.
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers opens nationwide on Friday (certificate 15)
The Party is re-released on DVD this week
DIE FAMILIE SCHNEIDER
The German artist Gregor Schneider has chosen two houses in a side street in London's East End to create a profoundly eerie work of art. Only two people can experience it at a time, each exploring one of the houses alone, encountering the 'human presences' waiting inside. The Times art critic Rachel Campbell Johnston accompanied Mark in passing through the two anonymous front doors…
Die Familie Schneider is open to those over eighteen, and is strictly by booking only. Details are available by calling ArtAngel on 07981 578754 or 07981 578755
http://www.artangel.org.uk
THE HALLÉ IN PRISON
Musicians from Manchester's Hallé Orchestra have been working with inmates at Thorn Cross prison, attempting to teach them to play brass instruments in just ten weeks. For Front Row, Geoff Bird reports on how the project has fared.
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