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25 August 2004
Presented by John Wilson
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I WAS BONO'S DOPPLEGANGER
Pop critic Neil McCormick's failure to become a rock star was exacerbated by the fact that his school friend Bono went on to front one of the world's biggest bands. Now he's written about his years of trying.
I Was Bono's Doppelganger is published by Penguin. Neil McCormick's album The Ghost Who Walks is released on Bipolar records
PERRIER SHORTLIST
Perrier judge Stephen Armstrong on the shortlist for this year's Perrier Award - the annual prize awarded to a comic performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The winner of the Perrier Award will be announced on Saturday
Chortle - Perrier Awards
Edinburgh Fringe
Radio 4 Comedy at the Fringe
THE ODYSSEY
Classicist Mary Beard reviews the new adaptation of Homer's Odyssey by the poet Simon Armitage.
The Odyssey is broadcast on Radio 4 over the Bank Holiday Weekend
Radio 4 The Odyssey
FRANKIE KNUCKLES
25 August has been declared Frankie Knuckles Day by the mayor of Chicago, honouring the DJ who is credited with inventing House Music. Front Row profiles this musical pioneer and looks at the controversial origins of the genre.
Frankie Knuckles
BBC Dance Music
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