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01/10/2009

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Capitalism - a Love Story
Filmmaker Michael Moore acclaimed for his documentaries examining gun culture in the USA and the aftermath of the Sept 11th 2001 attacks, now turns his attention to the current economic crisis. In Capitalism - a love story, he sets out to uncover the incestuous relationship between government and corporate America through interviews with Wall street and government insiders. Owen Gleiberman reviews

Miracle in Brisbane
We talk to Australia's leading director and broadcaster Rhoda Roberts about the World Premiere of her ground-breaking new production Miracle in Brisbane. Its an opera by Italian composer Georgio Battistelli based on the 1950s award-winning movie Miracolo a Milan and featuring 21 indigenous Australian performers.

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Tin Drum

In advance of the forthcoming World Book Club programme with German Nobel Laureate G眉nter Grass, we explore the plot, characters and themes of his international bestseller The Tin Drum - and hear from Breon Mitchell whose new translation has just been published to mark the book's fiftieth anniversary.

Krystle Warren
Big things are expected of Krystle Warren - from the American south, she's been described as 'the next Tracey Chapman', not a comparison she likes. And her musical influences range from The Beatles to show tunes , from soul, folk jazz, all around the diverse worlds of music, they come together to create something unique and special. Krystle nips in to the studio to talk to Mark and play a song

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Fri 2 Oct 2009 11:32GMT

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