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28/09/2009

Ricky Gervais discusses his Hollywood directorial debut, The Invention of Lying.

Ricky Gervais discusses his Hollywood directorial debut, The Invention of Lying, in which he stars with Jennifer Garner.

Stieg Larsson's books have sold over 15 million copies worldwide. A graphics editor at a Swedish news agency for 20 years and founder of the anti-racist magazine Expo - he died in 2004. The final part of his trilogy has just been published in English. Jeff Park reviews it.

The verdict on Fiona Shaw in a new production Brecht's Mother Courage, about one woman's attempt to make a living doing business during the Thirty Years' War.

Two new American series go to air on British television. In Treatment follows psychoanalyst Paul Weston, played by Gabriel Byrne, with each episode detailing, in real time, a session with one of his patients. FlashForward, starring Joseph Fiennes, begins with an unexplained event which causes the entire population of the world to black out, simultaneously, and - while unconscious - everyone experiences a vision of their lives six months into the future.

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  • RICKY GERVAIS

    Ricky Gervais discusses his Hollywood directorial debut, The Invention of Lying, in which he stars with Jennifer Garner.

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  • Mon 28 Sep 2009 19:15

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