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Radio 3,31 Oct 2011,45 mins

Top Boy, Jack Goes Boating, Marina Warner

Night Waves

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Matthew Sweet discusses Ronan Bennett's new four part television drama 'Top Boy' with the writer, who explains how modern gangsters say hello to each other. The award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman reflects on his directorial debut Jack Goes Boating, which is reviewed by Sarah Churchwell. Marina Warner explains the connection between The Arabian Nights and the rug on Sigmund Freud's couch and what it all has to do with magical thinking.

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