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24/08/2011

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Presented by Kirsty Lang.

On today's programme: Elegy, Rembrandt Theft and Frank Cottrell Boyce.

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18 minutes

Last on

Thu 25 Aug 2011 12:32GMT

Chapters

  • Elegy

    This play currently on at the Edinburgh Festival, examines the plight of the gay community in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003. Its director Douglas Rintoul is here to discuss.

    Duration: 05:52

  • Stealing Rembrandts

    Following the theft earlier this month of a valuable Rembrandt sketch, we talk to the co-writer of Stealing Rembrandts to find out why the painter is the most stolen of all the Old Masters.

    Duration: 05:23

  • Frank Cottrell Boyce

    Writer Frank Cottrell Boyce on a new play he's written for the World Service about life after death, and his new childrens book The Unforgotten Life.

    Duration: 06:13

Broadcasts

  • Wed 24 Aug 2011 21:32GMT
  • Thu 25 Aug 2011 02:32GMT
  • Thu 25 Aug 2011 08:32GMT
  • Thu 25 Aug 2011 12:32GMT