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Upstream Colour; The Story of the Jews on 91热爆 2; new Margaret Atwood book Maddaddam

Simon Schama explores The Story of the Jews; can anyone explain the plot of new film Upstream Colour?; new book Maddaddam by Margaret Atwood; reviewers' choices at Tate Britain.

Simon Schama explores The Story of the Jews, in a big new history strand on 91热爆 2. Does his personal approach work for this massive subject?
Margaret Atwood's latest novel, Maddaddam, follows a group of survivors after a man-made plague has swept the earth.

In Blue Stockings, Jessica Swale's new play, the year is 1896 and Tess Moffat and her fellow first years are determined to win the right to graduate from Girton College, Cambridge, the first college to admit women.

Upstream Colour, Shane Carruth's new film, is a haunting, enigmatic tale of destiny, free will and mind-controlling bugs.

And Saturday Review asks its guests - this week it's Kathryn Hughes, John Mullen and Dominic Sandbrook - to select just one picture from Tate Britain's permanent collection for a kind of fine art equivalent of A Good Read.

Produced by Anne-Marie Cole.

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Sat 31 Aug 2013 19:15
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The Story of the Jews

Simon Schama's听five-part series 听starts on 91热爆 Two at 9pm on Sunday 1st September.

MaddAddam

The third and final part of Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake series of science fiction novels, MaddAddam, is available now, published by Bloomsbury.

Blue Stockings

Jessica Swale's debut play is on at Shakespeare's Globe theatre in London until 11th October.

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Episode image: Tala Gouveia, Ellie Piercy and Olivia Ross in Blue Stockings. Photo by Manuel Harlan.

Upstream Colour

Shane Carruth's film Upstream Colour is out now in UK cinemas, certificate 12A.

Tate Britain

We have asked our guests this week to select听their favourite item from permanent collection.

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Interviewed Guest John Mullen
Interviewed Guest Dominic Sandbrook
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