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"I was really happy being a movie star, that's a nice job" says Steve Martin.
Join Nikki Bedi for Steve Martin on his new banjo album with Edie Brickell; the Danish director of Pierce Brosnan's Love is All You Need says that English is a less brutal language than her native tongue and there's new play The Arrest of Ai Wei Wei. Also actor Alec Baldwin talks to Singing in the Rain star Debbie Reynolds; the new 'voice of angelic beauty' Julia Lezhneva sings live; Tanika Gupta talks about 19th century Indian emigration in her new play The Empress and we celebrate a Heavy Metal milestone in Los Angeles where The Roxy Theatre celebrates 40 years on the scene.
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    Fela KutiDuration: 06:15 Ai WeiweiDuration: 04:21 Steve MartinDuration: 04:59 Susanne BierDuration: 05:31 Rhonagh DownloadsDuration: 01:52 Alec Baldwin talks to Debbie ReynoldsDuration: 07:30 Heavy MetalDuration: 03:35 EscalatorsDuration: 03:27 Tanika GuptaDuration: 05:30 Julia LezhnevaDuration: 06:26 Broadcasts- Sun 28 Apr 2013 00:05GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Online
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