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07 December 2004
Presented by Mark Lawson
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JEREMY DELLER
The winner of the 2004 Turner Prize joins Mark to discuss his work, including The Battle of Orgreave and Memory Bucket, a film about President Bush's Texas home town, and his cautious approach to the art market.
HOW FAST CAN YOU PUBLISH A BOOK?
In the wake of this month's stories surrounding David Blunkett and the recent tragic death of John Peel, biographies of both men have swiftly appeared in the bookshops, the Blunkett book having been brought forward from next year. Mark is joined by Danuta Kean of Bookseller Magazine and Jeremy Trevathan, publishing director of Pan Macmillan, to discuss the moral and technical challenges involved in instant publishing.
THE MAN WHO BROKE BRITAIN
What would happen if two of our nagging fears - a financial crash and a terror attack - came together? This is the scenario explored in this documentary-style drama.
UK News Editor of the Financial Times, Ed Crooks, tells Mark if he thinks this sum of two fears adds up.
The Man Who Broke Britain is on BBC2 on Thursday at 9pm.
MUSICAL BETS
Pop Idol and X-Factor judge Simon Cowell told a rejected contestant on the latter show that he would give him $50,000 if he ever got a recording contract and achieved a number one hit. Paul Holt has taken up the challenge, so Front Row decided to explore other instances of tunes that have been created as a result of bets, including Andrew Lloyd Webber's Variations on a Theme of Paganini - the South Bank Show theme, Shostakovish's Tahiti Trot, Miss Otis Regrets by Cole Porter and Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are by Meatloaf.
CRITICS' FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2004: NOVELS
Literary critic Alex Clark tells Mark why she has picked the following books as his favourite titles of 2004:
Everything Will Be Alright by Tessa Hadley, published in hardback by Jonathan Cape
The Making of Henry by Howard Jacobson, published in hardback by Jonathan Cape
I'll Go To Bed at Noon by Gerard Woodward, published in hardback by Chatto and Windus
GB84 by David Peace, published in paperback by Faber and Faber
Do Everything in the Dark by Gary Indiana, not published in the UK at present; published in paperback by St Martin's Press and available online
Browse the Front Row Christmas book picks
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