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FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER
Presented by John Wilson
THE MERCY SEAT
Critic Natasha Walter reviews Michael Attenborough's production of Neil LaBute's The Mercy Seat, his end-of-the-affair tale set in New York on September 12 2001. John Hannah and Sinead Cusack star.
Related website:
The Mercy Seat is at the Almeida Theatre in London until 6th December
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ALLAN MASSIE
Allan Massie, journalist, author, and Honorary President of the Classical Association of Scotland joins Front Row to discuss Caligula, his new novel about the infamous Roman emperor.
Caligula by Allan Massie is published by Sceptre, November 3 2003, ISBN 0340823135
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WHEN INTERVIEWS GO WRONG
After Meg Ryan told Michael Parkinson to "wrap it up" when asked how she would save their Saturday night interview, TV critic Stephen Armstrong ponders the occasions when interviews go wrong.
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OLIVIA JOULES
Front Row is joined by author Bidisha in a review of Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination, Helen Fielding's adventure yarn of a beauty-journalist turned master-spy.
Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination by Helen Fielding is published by Picador, November 7 2003, ISBN 0330432737
Helen Fielding will be talking about her new novel on Open Book on Radio 4 on 16th November
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ICE ON STAGE
Ian Peacock looks at ice on stage, from contemporary dance and Laurie Booth's Ice/Dream/Fire to sound artist Gregory Whitehead's Ice Music.
Related websites:
The Dance Umbrella 25th Anniversary festival runs until 8th November at several venues in London
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