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11 January 2005
Presented by Mark Lawson
 Audio available midday Wednesday
Vanity Fair
Comedian Al Murray presented a profile of his great-great-great-great grandfather WM Thackeray for BBC Radio 4. He reviews Mira Nair's new film version of Vanity Fair which emphasises the Indian elements of the plot and casts a pregnanat Reese Witherspoon as Becky Sharp.
Vanity Fair certificate PG opens in cinemas around the country from Friday
Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution'
David Edgar's plays include Speer - a portrait of Hitler's architect. He joins Mark Lawson to discuss how we dramatise and retell the story of the Holocaust as BBC Two begins a six part documentary series Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution'.
Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution' - a six part series produced by Laurence Rees begins tonight on BBC Two at 9pm
Thomas Tallis
This year is the 500th of the birth of Thomas Tallis. Peter Phillips, director of the Tallis Scholars and Helen Wallace present of profile of the composer who is regarded as the father of English music.
Crime Fiction Round Up
Peter Gutteridge from the Observer discusses some of the current crop of crime fiction:
The Oxford Murders
by Guillermo Martinez
published by Abacus
The Master of Knots
by Massimo Carlotto
published by Orion
Black Fly Season
by Giles Blunt
published by Harper Collins
Body Double
by Tess Gerritsen
published by Bantam Press
Jacquot and The Waterman
by Martin O Brien
published in February by Headline
The Broker
by John Grisham
published by Century
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