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Last broadcast on Fri, 6 Jan 2012, 22:00 on BBC Radio 2.
Synopsis
Claudia returns to host The Radio 2 Arts Show and chats to Ruth Mackenzie, director of the Cultural Olympiad. Ruth updates us on the plans for the 12 week nationwide festival of the world's best music, theatre, dance, visual art, literature and film which runs alongside the sporting events.
Sir Terence Conran discusses the major exhibition at London's Design Museum; The Way We Live Now, which marks his 80th birthday and explores his unique impact on contemporary life in Britain. Through his own design work, Sir Terence has transformed the look of the British home. He has established a design studio and an architectural practice with a worldwide reach.
Claudia also meets Patrick Tresset whose newest work crosses art, robotics and computing - he has a robotic arm that creates his art for him.
Plus Peter Bradshaw reviews this week's movie releases, including The Iron Lady, and Claire Armitstead discusses the latest books.
PETER BRADSHAW'S FILM CHOICES
The Iron Lady - Certificate 12A
This tells the story of Margaret Thatcher: a woman who smashed through the barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world. The story concerns power and the price that is paid for power, and is an insightful portrait of an extraordinary and complex woman.
Goon - Certificate 15
Labelled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory.
The Artist - Certificate PG
Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.
Mother And Child - Certificate 15
This is a drama centered around three women: A 50-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption 35 years ago, and an African American woman looking to adopt a child of her own.
CLAIRE ARMITSTEAD'S BOOK CHOICES
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, the fates of five people are upended.
The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty
This is the first of a trilogy of detective thrillers featuring a detective called Sean Duffy, who is a catholic working for the predominantly protestant northern Irish police. It’s set in Belfast in 1981, the year the Pope was shot and Bobby Sands died on hunger strike.
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories edited by Jeff and Ann Vandermeer
This is a collection of more than 100 stories of the macabre or supernatural which run from the early part of the 20th century right up to the present day, collected by the American husband-and-wife team Jeff and Ann Vandermeer. There are familiar stories like Daphne Du Maurier's Don’t Look Now and Stephen King's The Man in the Black Suit alongside much less familiar ones, some translated into English for the first time.
Calories and Corsets: A History of Dieting over 2,000 Years by Louise Foxcroft
Dieting has been happening for over two and a half thousand years, and Calories And Corsets is a unique look at the people who first dreamt up diets – and why they did it.
Patrick Tresset's Robotic Sketching Arm
Patrick Tresset's Robotic Sketching Arm
Renowned designer Sir Terence Conran - 06/01/2012
Director of Cultural Olympiad Ruth Mackenzie - 06/01/2012
Artist Patrick Tresset - 06/01/2012
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Music played
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Detroit Spinners — Working My Way Back To You
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Frankie Valli
— Can't Take My Eyes Off You -
The Big Impact Music
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John Williams — Theme From The Deer Hunter
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Manic Street Preachers
— A Design For Life -
Miss 600
— Typically Me -
Michael Giacchino — Star Trek Theme 2009
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The Police
— Can't Stand Losing You -
Blondie
— Denis -
Leona Lewis
— Better In Time -
The Kinks
— Plastic Man -
Marina & The Diamonds
— I Am Not A Robot -
Babybird
— You're Gorgeous -
Thomas Newman — The Great in Great Britain
Broadcast
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Fri 6 Jan 201222:00
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