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Wildlife presenter Steve Backshall and Dennis Hopper art sale

With John Wilson, including a report on the latest exhibition from the long-standing double-act Gilbert and George.

With John Wilson.

Steve Backshall, adventurer and wildlife presenter of the TV series Deadly 60, discusses his passion for animals - particularly the dangerous ones - and the accident which left him with a broken back and a shattered foot.

The late actor Dennis Hopper was a passionate art collector, who was involved in the early days of pop art and bought an Andy Warhol Soup Can for just $75. Now his collection has arrived at the auction house, where a Warhol portrait of Chairman Mao, complete with bullet holes inflicted by Hopper himself, has sold for more than $300,000. Our report includes part of John's interview with Dennis Hopper, recorded in Liverpool in 2007.

As new software allows Hollywood to indulge in digital re-juvenation, so that older actors can appear as their younger selves, film critic Adam Smith considers the possibilities and the pitfalls.

Yale University Press has published of The Anthology of Rap, an 800 page collection of lyrics, moving from the school yards of the Bronx to the dominance of hip-hop in the charts today. Music writer Jacqueline Springer and literature professor John Sutherland discuss whether the words alone are worth reading.

Producer Claire Bartleet.

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30 minutes

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Wed 12 Jan 2011 19:15

Chapters

  • Steve Backshall

    • Steve Backshall

      John Wilson talks to wildlife TV presenter Steve Backshall.

      Duration: 10:33

  • Dennis Hopper

    • Dennis Hopper

      Dennis Hopper pictures go under the hammer in New York.

      Duration: 05:33

  • Rap Lyrics

    • Rap Lyrics

      Do rap lyrics make good reading?

      Duration: 08:02

  • Older actors rejuvenated courtesy of technology

    • Older actors rejuvenated courtesy of technology

      Adam Smith discusses the pros and cons of computer wizardry which rejuvenates older actors into younger versions of themselves.

      Duration: 03:45

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  • Wed 12 Jan 2011 19:15

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