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FRIDAY 4 JULY
Presented by John Wilson
POWER
A new play by Nick Dear in which Robert Lindsay makes his National Theatre debut playing Nicholas Fouquet a rich benefactor plotting at the Court of King Louis 14th.
Lady Antonia Fraser reviews.
Power is at The Cottesloe, National Theatre
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IN SEARCH OF GREATNESS
Front Row looks at two towns who have announced plans to fight against a creeping tide of blandness. The first by 'twinning' itself with Ankh Morpork- a 'Discworld outpost'...and the other by erecting a 'Hollywood' type place name on the hill. John Wilson speaks to Maxwell Hutchinson, former president of RIBA and Tom Oliver of The Campaign to Protect Rural England.
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LITERARY TRILOGIES
Front Row talks to three writers about their literary trilogies.
Jane Stephenson whose trilogy 'Astraea', 'The Pretender' & 'Empress of Last Days' are published by Cape
Robert Edric's detective novel 'Cradle Song' is published by Doubleday
and David Lodge's books 'Changing Places', 'Small World', & 'Nice Work' are published by Penguin
Music was Bach's Three Part Inventions
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JIM MORAY
John Wilson talks to the 21 year old multi-instrumentalist Jim Moray who gives traditional folk tunes a techno makeover.
'Sweet England' by Jim Moray is available now on Pinnacle Records.
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COLUMN: WHATS IN A NAME?
David Hepworth considers the art of the obvious, the use of self-explanatory titles such as author James Delingpole's latest - Thinly Disguised Autobiography.
James Delingpole's autobiog is published by Picador 18 July 2003.
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