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02/11/2009

Rachel Mary Ann Cecilia Burden sits in for Richard Bacon to discuss middle names, talk to Sue Townsend about her eighth Adrian Mole book and find out who votes on reality TV.

Rachel Mary Ann Cecilia Burden, sitting in for Richard Bacon, discusses middle names and speaks to Sue Townsend about her eighth Adrian Mole book.

Following the photo of a man that had hanged himself from a bridge in Ireland, do we need to see pictures of death in our papers or on television?

Plus, are we a nation of rude customers, who votes for Strictly Come Dancing and X Factor contestants and should fat-ism be illegal?

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Mon 2 Nov 2009 22:30
大象传媒 Radio 5 Live

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Chapters

  • Photograph and be damned?

    The Sunday World newspaper in Ireland has printed a photo of a man hanging from a bridge in County Down. Do we need to see pictures of death? Is it part of life, or bad taste and sensationalism?

    Duration: 20:15

  • Adrian Mole is 40. Or 39 and-a-quarter...

    Sue Townsend, author, on her eighth in the Adrian Mole series: The Prostrate Years. How has Adrian developed from an angsty teenager into early middle age?

    Duration: 18:23

Broadcast

  • Mon 2 Nov 2009 22:30
    大象传媒 Radio 5 Live