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Last broadcast on Wed, 5 May 2010, 19:15 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
Mark Lawson and novelist Dreda Say Mitchell review a new film version of Barrie Keeffe's play SUS, about police corruption on election night in '79.
Marc Quinn talks about his exhibition of sculptures which depict people who have undergone extreme levels of physical transformation, including Pamela Anderson and Michael Jackson.
As the nominations period for the new Oxford Professor of Poetry closes, former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion assesses the candidates and the pros and cons of the post.
And Nigel Kennedy discusses Shhh, the latest album from his Polish quintet; and his forthcoming Polish Weekend at London's Southbank, which will see the violinist transform The Southbank Centre into a mini Poland and perform a live soundtrack to the backdrop of the notorious 1973 qualifying match between England and Poland.
Nigel Kennedy
Shhh by the Nigel Kennedy Quintet, released by EMI is out Monday 10 May.
Nigel Kennedy's Polish Weekend is on at London's South Bank Centre from 29 to 31 May.
Marc Quinn
Marc Quinn's Allanah, Buck, Catman, Chelsea, Michael, Pamela and Thomas is on at White Cube, Hoxton Square, London from 7 May to 26 June.
Man in the Mirror
Marc Quinn
2010
White Bianco P marble & black Belgian marble
© the artist
Photo: Roger Wooldridge
Courtesy White Cube
Man in the Mirror (Monochrome Reversal)
Marc Quinn
2010
White Bianco P marble & black Belgian marble
© the artist
Photo: Roger Wooldridge
Courtesy White Cube
Buck with Cigar
Marc Quinn
2009
Orbital sanded and flap wheeled lacquered bronze
© the artist
Photo: Roger Wooldridge
Courtesy White Cube
Thomas Beatie
Marc Quinn
2009
Marble
© the artist
Photo: Roger Wooldridge
Courtesy White Cube
Photoevaporation
Marc Quinn
2010
Hand-painted oil on canvas
© the artist
Photo: Todd-White Art Photography
Courtesy White Cube
Oxford Professor of Poetry
The candidates are: Geoffrey Hill, Paula Claire, Seán Haldane, Roger Lewis, Michael Horovitz, Steve Larkin, Stephen Moss. The winning candidate will be announced once voting is completed on 18 June, to be in post for the new academic year in Autumn 2010.
Sus
Sus, cert. 15 is released in selected cinemas on 7 May 2010.
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