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The presenters
Harriett Gilbert and Mark Coles welcome you to the weekday arts show, The Strand.
On Today's Show
Robert Wagner
The Strand talks to the veteran actor Robert Wagner. Having always longed to be an actor, he started off in the Hollywood studio system under the mentorship of the likes of Spencer Tracy. He starred in films such as A Kiss before Dying, The Longest Day, The Pink Panther and most recently, the Austin Powers movies. On television he is best known for his role as the suave Jonathan Hart in Hart to Hart. However he also hit the headlines off screen as well, marrying Natalie Wood twice. For the first time in this memoir he talks about her tragic death, his relationship with the older Barbara Stanwyck and the scandalous lives of the Hollywood set.
Pieces of my Heart by Robert Wagner with Scott Eyman is Published by Hutchinson on 12th March 2009 - ISBN: 978-0-0919-3113-1
Tunng and Tinariwen
After a BBC programme brought together the Saharan desert blues band Tinariwen and the English folktronica group Tunng to perform a unique collaborative session, we hear from the band as they prepare to take their new musical creations out on tour.
London Artists In Moscow
We meet the curators of a brand new exhibition of London-based artists in Moscow. It's the first time contemporary British artists have been shown in the Russian capital since the wave of Young British Artists in the 1990s and is intended to create a new artistic dialogue between the two countries.
