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19/01/2010

Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. AS Byatt reviews a major new Van Gogh exhibition, and the actor Jonathan Pryce on Harold Pinter.

The writer AS Byatt reviews the Royal Academy's Van Gogh exhibition which, for the first time, displays his paintings together with his letters.

In a new film, Brothers, Tobey Maguire, best known for his role as Spiderman, plays an American soldier in Afghanistan with domestic complications. Larushka Ivan-Zadeh reviews Jim Sheridan's latest film.

The style guru Gok Wan returns with a new three-part series of his show How To Look Good Naked, this time focusing on three women with disabilities: Tracy, who is in a wheelchair, Clare, who lost her leg in a motorbike accident, and Di, who has been blind for over 25 years. Sophie Morgan reviews.

As the Liverpool Everyman production of Pinter's The Caretaker opens in London, Jonathan Pryce talks to Mark Lawson about the play that marked Pinter's arrival as the leading playwright of his generation.

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Tue 19 Jan 2010 19:15

Chapters

  • Brothers (Film Review)

    Tobey Maguire, best known for his role as Spiderman, plays an American soldier in Afghanistan with domestic complications. Larushka Ivan-Zadeh reviews Jim Sheridan's latest film.

    Duration: 05:34

  • Jonathan Pryce

    Jonathan Pryce talks to Mark Lawson about the play that marked Pinter's arrival as the leading playwright of his generation, The Caretaker.

    Duration: 11:06

  • The Real Van Gogh - The Artist And His Letters

    The writer AS Byatt reviews the Royal Academy's Van Gogh exhibition which, for the first time, displays his paintings together with his letters

    Duration: 07:51

  • How to Look Good Naked... With a Difference

    The style guru Gok Wan returns with a new three-part series of his show How To Look Good Naked, this time focusing on three women with disabilities.

    Duration: 04:29

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  • Tue 19 Jan 2010 19:15

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