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

This programme is no longer on-air, listen to our archive of available episodes online. The Strand brings you news and reviews from the best in 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: 09/01/2010

09/01/2010

BBC World Service - The Strand Archive, 09/01/2010

The best of this week's Strand, including an interview with Jonathan Lethem about his new book 'Chronic City', Hollywood and Bollywood go to Nollywood, a look at some of the latest and grooviest sounds with DJ Rita Ray in our global music round up, a review of the new Jeff Bridges film 'Crazy Heart', The Greek novelist Panoz Karnezis talks about his latest novel 'The Convent', Pat Metheny and his Orchestrion Project and the Parisian artist and sculpture Christian Boltanski talks to The Strand.

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