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Roger Michell

Director Roger Michell on his latest film Hyde Park on Hudson.

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Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher

Jack Reacher and Les Miserables.

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Mariko Mori

In a festive-themed Strand we hear about Christmas tunes from South Africa and Chile.

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Cultural highlights of 2012 from Africa

A look back on the cultural highlights of 2012 from Africa.

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Cultural highlights of 2012 from North America

Cultural highlights of 2012 with the ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service's partner stations in North America

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27/12/2012

A year of arts and culture Down Under - green theatre, Maori Shakespeare and The Hobbit.

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A Room for London

A special edition of The Strand all about A Room for London.

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Alexandre Desplat

Alexandre Desplat discusses music in filmmaking and collaborating with great directors.

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Angélique Kidjo

Audrey Brown talks to Grammy Award–winning Beninoise singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo.

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Hear My Country Spain

Paula Quintana from Radio 3 in Madrid picks some musical tracks that sum up her country.

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Esa Pekka Salonen and technology arts apps

Finnish conductor and composer launches a new classical music app

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Culture in Qatar

The ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Shaimaa Khalil reports from Doha

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Lost in Thailand

Lost in Thailand, the new comedy film in China keeping the box offices busy.

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Quentin Tarantino

Today, a special interview with American film director Quentin Tarantino.

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Burmese Punk Rock

The Burmese band Side Effect who have just toured Germany.

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Missing Matisse Returned

Twenty Five years after it was stolen, Matisse’s Le Jardin is being returned to Sweden.

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Detroit: Music City

Detroit is a city in spiralling decline. Can music and the arts help to rebuild it?

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Hawaii Five-O

A classic US TV cop-show is allowing viewers to vote online to decide an episode ending.

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Art in Marseilles

How Marseilles is celebrating its new status as one of the European Capitals of Culture.

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Aimee Mann

Oscar-nominated American singer-songwriter Aimee Mann talks about her new album.

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Soka Afrika

A new documentary film tackles the exploitation of talented young footballers in Africa

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Hilary Mantel interview

'I have never experienced terror like that again' - Hilary Mantel

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Hear my country

Listeners choose the songs that conjure up the feel, sound and spirit of their country

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The Perfect American

Philip Glass's latest opera is based on Walt Disney, but it’s not a pretty story.

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Voices united for Mali

Mali's most famous musicians have recorded a song calling for peace in their country.

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Jaipur Literary Festival

The Dalai Lama, Manu Joseph and Sebastian Faulkes at largest literary festival in India

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Zero Dark Thirty

Zero Dark Thirty: controversial movie tells the story of the hunt for Osama bin Laden

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Robert Zemeckis

Director Robert Zemeckis discusses his new film Flight starring Denzel Washington

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Feast

The Yoruba: their beliefs and legacy is the focus of a new theatre production in London

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Lena Dunham

Alec Baldwin of WNYC talks to the writer and star of the huge successful TV series Girls.

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