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Saturday Review

on BBC Two England

The magazine of the arts and media presented by Russell Davies , which tonight will be broadcast across Europe by satellite on Superchannel. Culture: Amsterdam has been chosen as the 'cultural capital of Europe'. Jonathan Meades investigates the cultural fabric of Amsterdam life and asks whether an annual cultural capital is merely another manifestation of EEC bureaucracy.
Debate: St Jerome proclaimed that 'even the best translations are not versions but perversions of the original'. This is the motion for the Folio Society Debate proposed by The Rt Hon J. Enoch Powell , mp and opposed by John Julius Norwich.
Opera: Helena Matheopoulos examines the rise of the opera producer - has his role become too powerful? With Jonathan Miller ,
Placido Domingo , Claudio Abbado
Peter Hall , Josephine Bairstow Elijah Moshinsky and Bernard Haitink
Film: The Welsh film industry is booming. Coming up Roses and Boy Soldier have both reaped major international awards; their directors explain this unexpected renaissance. Assistant producers
ANDREW EATON. JOHN WHISTON Director ALEX MARENGO Producer KEVIN LOADER Editor JOHN ARCHER

Contributors

Presented By:
Russell Davies
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Jonathan Meades
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J. Enoch Powell
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John Julius
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Helena Matheopoulos
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Jonathan Miller
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Placido Domingo
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Claudio Abbado
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Peter Hall
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Josephine Bairstow
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Elijah Moshinsky
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Bernard Haitink
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Andrew Eaton.
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John Whiston
Director:
Alex Marengo
Editor:
John Archer

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