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Tracy Chevalier and Audrey Niffenegger take John Wilson on a tour of Highgate Cemetery

Tracy Chevalier and Audrey Niffenegger tour Highgate Cemetery Reviews of new British film Kicks. Plus Doctor Who: The Adventure Game and Derry's bid to be UK City of Culture 2013.

Best-selling authors Tracy Chevalier and Audrey Niffenegger take John Wilson on a tour of North London's celebrated Highgate Cemetery, to mark the 150th anniversary of the first ever burial in the cemetery's East Side, where Karl Marx and George Eliot are famously buried. Both authors have written novels inspired by the cemetery and both became tour guides as part of their research at Highgate.

Set and filmed in Liverpool, Kicks is the story of two teenage girls whose obsession with a celebrity footballer takes a dark turn. Crime novelist Dreda Say Mitchell reviews.

John continues his series of reports on the contenders for UK City of Culture 2013, tonight he reports from Derry

Writer and broadcaster Matthew Sweet reviews the first episode of Doctor Who: The Adventure Games, the brand new interactive episode of Doctor Who - City of the Daleks is the first of four new adventures which take the form of downloadable computer games.

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  • HIGHGATE CEMETERY

    Best-selling authors Tracy Chevalier and Audrey Niffenegger take John Wilson on a tour of Highgate Cemetery.

    Duration: 07:32

  • DOCTOR WHO: THE ADVENTURE GAMES

    Matthew Sweet reviews the first episode of the new interactive Doctor Who game - City of the Daleks.

    Duration: 04:01

  • KICKS

    Dreda Say Mitchell reviews the film Kicks, set and filmed in Liverpool.

    Duration: 04:58

  • CITY OF CULTURE: LONDONDERRY

    John Wilson reports from Derry, a contender for the UK City of Culture 2013.

    Duration: 07:26

  • COLUMN: THAT UMBRELLA SONG

    Music journalist Rosie Swash on the many different cover versions of Rhianna's Umbrella.

    Duration: 03:42

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  • Wed 2 Jun 2010 19:15

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