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THURSDAY 11 DECEMBER
Presented by John Wilson
RETURN OF THE KING
Writer and critic Adam Mars Jones reviews Return of the King the final part of director Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Return of the King is in cinemas from Wednesday 17th December.
Related links: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ - Films - Lord of the Rings
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ART ON THE PLINTH
Front Row and Charlotte Mullins discuss the fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square as the six pieces of contemporary art battling to be displayed on it are exhibited at the National Gallery.
The free public display of the contenders is in the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery until 8th February 2004
Related link: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ London's Fourth Plinth Index
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DON QUIXOTE
Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes discusses Edith Grossmann's new translation of Don Quixote, de Cervantes's satirical tale of an eccentric knight.
Edith Grossmann's translation is published 1st January 2004, by Secker and Warburg, ISBN 0436205157
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HEADING SOUTH
Prof Diane Roberts from the University of Alabama considers what going home to the south means in the world of American film.
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CHRISTMAS BOOKS
Janet Street-Porter gives Front Row her pick of books for Christmas:
Beautiful Shadow - The Life of Patricia Highsmith by Andrew Wilson, Bloomsbury
No 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon
Insult to Injury by Jake and Dinos Chapman, Thames and Hudson
Listen again to this week's other selections...
Fay Weldon
Jeremy Dyson
Lynne Truss
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