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WEDNESDAY 10 DECEMBER
Presented by John Wilson
KING'S LIBRARY
Neil MacGregor Director of the British Museum, takes John Wilson on a tour of the newly refurbished King's Library. The room was originally - designed by Sir Robert Smirke in the 1820s and formerly housed the library of King George III.
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The refurbished King's Library opens Friday 12 December in celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the British Museum.
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STUCK ON YOU
John Wilson talks to film director Bobby Farrelly, famous for his so called 'gross out comedies', Something About Mary and Dumb and Dumber, and about his new film Stuck on You a comedy about conjoined twins.
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'Stuck On You' opens across the UK Friday 12 December. Certificate PG-13
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ROCK GUITAR RENAISSANCE
Rock Gods Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden and Brian May of Queen talk about the resurgence in guitar based rock.
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REM KOOLHAAS
Today the Royal Gold Medal, Britain's highest architectural accolade was awarded to Rem Koolhaas, a Dutch architect noted as much for his imagination as his bricks and mortar. Giles Worsley, architecture correspondent for the Daily Telegraph joins Front Row.
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CHRISTMAS BOOKS
Lynne Truss, author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation gives John Wilson her three choices of books for Christmas.
'Julia Margaret Cameron: The Complete Photographs' by Julian Cox & Colin Ford,
published by Thames & Hudson
'Blooming Books' by Raymond Briggs, published by Cape/Puffin
'To Reach The Clouds' by Philippe Petit, published by Faber.
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