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MONDAY 04 NOVEMBER
Presented by Francine Stock
RABBIT-PROOF FENCE
Francine Stock talks to We talk to Philip Noyce, director of Rabbit-Proof Fence - a true story of three Aboriginal girls fociblly taken from their family during a Government programme in the first half of the 20th century to be trained as domestic workers and integrated into white society.
Rabbit-Proof Fence opens at cinemas nationwide from this Friday, certificate PG.
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LONNIE DONEGAN
John Peel looks back on the life and career of the King of Skiffle, Lonnie Donegan whose death was announced today.
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JOE PENHALL
When the final performances of Yazimina Reza’s long-running play ‘Art’ were announced, headlines and camera-crews followed – not least because the final cast is comprised of the stars of the dark TV comedy ‘The League of Gentlemen’. Just about the only thing that hasn’t changed in the interpretation of the play is the fact that it’s a three-hander. The playwright Joe Penhall – author of ‘Blue/Orange’ – thinks that might be significant.
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DANNIE ABSE
Francine Stock interviews poet and novelist Dannie Abse about his most recent novel Dr Simmonds and Dr Glas which draws on Dr Glas, a novel by the Swedish journalist and writer Hjalmar Soderberg first published in 1905 which has just been republished.
Dr Simmonds and Dr Glas by Dannie Abse is published by Robson Books.
The original Dr Glas by Hjalmar Soderberg, translated by Paul Britten Austin with an introduction by Margaret Atwood is published by Harvill.
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