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Presented by Mark Lawson.

Actor David Morrissey discusses his TV, film and theatre career and his current role in a new play by Neil Labute, In a Dark Dark House, about a pair of brothers with dark secrets.

As Mamma Mia! becomes the fastest selling DVD of all time in the UK (according to Official UK Charts Company figures) creators Phyllida Lloyd and Catherine Johnson discuss the making of the film version and what reward the film company has given them.

After fifteen years of rumours, Guns N' Roses finally release their fourth full-length studio album of original material, Chinese Democracy, despite the fact that lead singer Axl Rose is the only remaining member of the original band. In the same week, stadium fillers The Killers also release their new album, Day And Age, a mere two years after their last hit the shelves. To review both albums Mark is joined by music critic Laura Lee Davies.

The strapline for the film comedy Four Christmases says: His father, her mother, his mother and her father all in one day, and stars Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn as a couple whose parents are all divorced. Nev Pierce from Empire magazine looks at other examples of films which depict key changes in the family from Guess Who's Coming to Dinner to Brokeback Mountain.