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Radio 4,21 Oct 2010,30 mins

Red reviewed; Peter Asher on Apple Records, Tutankhamen

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John Wilson reviews Bruce Willis and Dame Helen Mirren in the film Red. Booker shortlisted writer Lloyd Jones discusses the links between his new novel Hand Me Down World - a story about an illegal immigrant trying to find her son which is told by the people she meets - and his best selling book Mr Pip, which has now become a schools set text. Peter Asher, who ran the Apple Records label for The Beatles, recalls the birth of the label, and the acts he signed, including singer-songwriter James Taylor. He also reflects on whether business disagreements rather than musical differences broke up The Beatles. Can replicas replace seeing historic objects in museums ? As a display of replica works from Tutankhamum's tomb opens in Manchester - museum consultants John Williams and Giles Waterfield debate the pros and cons. Producer Gavin Heard.

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