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The Strand: ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service launches new arts show with stellar guest
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Roger Moore, Toni Morrison, Candace Bushnell, Neil Gaiman and Curtis Sittenfeld will appear on ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service's brand-new daily arts and entertainment show, The Strand, during the launch week from Monday 27 October.
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Presented by Harriett Gilbert and Mark Coles, the half-hour programme takes listeners on a worldwide journey through arts, culture and entertainment.
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According to the programme-makers, "Nothing creative is out of bounds" – and The Strand will bring the best, newest and most exciting creative enterprises to listeners around the world.
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Novelist Harriett Gilbert has been presenting arts programmes on ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service for over 10 years.
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She will present the Monday and Friday editions of The Strand, as well as a new hour-long version of another ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service programme, World Book Club, on the first weekend of every month.
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Harriett, who also teaches creative writing at London's City University, says: "I'm delighted to be presenting The Strand.
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"As a daily programme, it will be a great position to reveal, explore and debate developments as they happen in the world of the arts – including, of course, the world of literature."
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Mark Coles, an award-winning broadcaster and acclaimed music journalist, will present the Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday editions of The Strand as well as a special hour-long Saturday compilation.
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Mark – who has played Jimi Hendrix's guitar and was once locked in a cage with Yoko Ono – has interviewed some of the world's top writers.
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He says: "We'll provide our audience with a thoroughly entertaining, truly global guide to the arts.
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"We'll be featuring some of the world's most famous and creative people and be offering unique insights into arts events and consumption of culture around the world."
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The Strand will be broadcast at 19.30 GMT and will be available in audio online, via bbcworldservice.com.
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Details of next week's highlights
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Monday 27 October
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Roger Moore on his frank and funny new autobiography My Word Is My Bond. Ìý
Tuesday 28 October
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Toni Morrison talks about A Mercy. The Nobel Prize-winning writer's ninth novel, an ambivalent, disturbing story of a mother and daughter, examines what lies underneath the surface of slavery. Ìý
Wednesday 29 October
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Astute observer and commentator on the New York social scene, Candace Bushnell, originator of Sex And The City, discusses her new novel One Fifth Avenue. Ìý
Thursday 30 October
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Neil Gaiman is in discussion with AS Byatt. Gaiman, who has written many comics and graphic novels, as well as books and short stories, has also created a number of audio books, a TV mini-series, and the scripts for several movies. His play Anansi Boys was broadcast this year on ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service. Ìý
Friday 31 October
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A review of Oliver Stone's new film, W, about George W Bush, and interview with Curtis Sittenfeld, author of American Wife, a fictional account of the life of Laura Bush.
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´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service Press Office
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