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Harriett Gilbert and friends present global arts, culture and entertainment.

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The Strand is a daily 18 minute programme highlighting the best of what's going in the arts. Wide-ranging and with eclectic interests, The Strand reflects the artistic response to the BBC's news agenda. Presented by Harriett Gilbert and friends, it features discussions, reviews, big-name interviews and location reports as well as live studio performances and Hollywood, Bollywood gossip.

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The Strand Archive: 25/12/2009

25/12/2009

BBC World Service - The Strand Archive, 25/12/2009

Mark Coles and special guests look back on the best music of 2009.

Mark Coles and special guests look back on the best music of 2009, each suggesting their personal Top Ten of the year.

Mark Coles and special guests look back on the best music of 2009.

Sophie Harris, music journalist Time Out New York, Lorna Clarke, Director of the BBC Electric Proms, and your old friend  Mark Coles talk about the best music albums they heard in 2009.

Each offers up a personal 2009 Top Ten while, after some discussion, The Strand came to something close to a consensus on an overall Top Ten.

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