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05/10/2011

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Last broadcast on Thu, 6 Oct 2011, 13:32 on BBC World Service (see all broadcasts).

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The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day.

Presented by Lawrence Pollard.

On today's programme, Shahidul Alam, Gianrico Carofiglio and Bert Jansch.

Bert Jansch

Photo: Jim Dyson/Getty Images

Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    In London for a career retrospective, the Bangladeshi photographer reflects on why he devotes his life to enabling people to tell their own stories through their own pictures.

  2. Chapter 2

    Italian crime writer and former anti-mafia judge in Bari, Gianrico Carofiglio discusses his fourth novel in the Guido Guerrieri series Temporary Perfections.

  3. Chapter 3

    We pay tribute to the British guitarist whose skills influenced generations of players and were described as the acoustic equivalent of Jimi Hendrix, with an exclusive live tune.

Broadcasts

  1. Wed 5 Oct 2011
    22:32
  2. Thu 6 Oct 2011
    03:32
  3. Thu 6 Oct 2011
    09:32
  4. Thu 6 Oct 2011
    13:32

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