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Radio 4,07 Dec 2010,30 mins

Harry Hill and Launch of the Cultural Olympiad 2012

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Mark Lawson reports on the artists taking part in the Cultural Olympiad, as he speaks to director Ruth Mackenzie at the 2012 launch. BAFTA and Perrier award-winning comic Harry Hill discusses his unique take on the celebrity memoir, his ongoing primetime success with ITV's TV Burp and his new album on which he performs a duet with Bruce Forsyth. Richard Cork reviews three novels set in the art world: An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin, Gallery Girl by Wendy Holden, and Playing the Game by Barbara Taylor Bradford. Producer: Claire Bartleet.

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