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Radio 4,18 Aug 2011,30 mins

Streisand songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman; David Mach

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With Mark Lawson. The Man Who Crossed Hitler is a new TV drama, which sheds light on a little-known episode in German history. In 1931, Jewish lawyer Hans Litten attempted to use his legal skills to halt Adolf Hitler's rise to power, and summoned Hitler to appear as a prosecution witness at a trial of two brownshirts. Ed Stoppard plays Litten, and Ian Hart plays Hitler. Gabriel Tate reviews. Veteran American husband-and-wife lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman talk about their long association with Barbra Streisand, which includes songs written for her new album What Matters Most. They discuss their prolific 50-year career which has included hits such as The Windmills Of Your Mind, You Don't Bring Me Flowers and The Way We Were, and involved saying no to Frank Sinatra. David Mach has spent three years preparing work for his exhibition in Edinburgh which uses the King James Bible to create a series of collages. During the show his team are working at the City Art Centre putting together an image of The Last Supper and in September they will display an image of Christ made from burnt matches. Mark visits the gallery to report on their progress. Producer Claire Bartleet.

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