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09 December 2004
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Hotting up
Mark Lawson talks to Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton about his new novel, State of Fear in which he argues that global warming is not a threat to the planet.

State of Fear by Michael Crichton, is published by Harper Collins


Miss Marple returns
Val McDermid and Mark Lawson review TV's latest re-incarnation of Miss Marple, in which Geraldine McEwan takes on the mantle of Agatha Christie's famous spinster sleuth.

Agatha Christie's Marple: A Body In The Library, the first of four new Miss Marple dramas is on ITV1 on Sunday 12th December, at 9pm


Make mine a double
Following the news that the stars of The Last Of The Summer Wine will no longer be using body-doubles for their walking scenes, Mark Lawson and film critic Jason Solomons consider other occasions when body-doubles have or haven't made a difference.

A Christmas Special edition of The Last of The Summer Wine is on BBC1 on 19th December and the series returns next year.


Behind the scenes at The Sage
John Wilson gets an exclusive look behind-the-scenes at The Sage, Gateshead - the new music centre on the banks of the Tyne - as it prepares for its opening.

The Sage Gateshead opens on 17th December 2004


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