07/04/2010

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With Mark Lawson. Mark Eccleston reviews the film The Infidel, a comedy written by David Baddiel about a Muslim man who discovers he's actually Jewish Naomi Alderman, the writer whose debut novel Disobedience won the 2006 Orange Award for New Writers, discusses her new book The Lessons, about a group of bohemian students at Oxford As Channel 4 launches its comedy roast series with Bruce Forsyth, Joe Queenan talks about the popular American tradition of roasting a much-loved star with a series of cruel tributes Peter Kemp gives a first night review of Polar Bears, a new play by Mark Haddon, best known for his novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time And Jeff Park discusses the crime writers who have depicted crime writers in fiction.