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The Strand Weekend is an 55 minute programme highlighting the best of what's been broadcast on The Strand during the week. Wide-ranging and with eclectic interests, it 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 Weekend Archive: 15/10/2011

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15/10/2011

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The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day.

Mohammed Hanif, Art in LA, Sleeping Beauty, Katori Hall, Gerhard Richter, Beijing Film Festival, Fatoumata Diawara

The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. Presented by Simon Pitts.

Mohammed Hanif
Pakistani novelist Mohammed Hanif talks about his new book, Our Lady of Alice Bhatti, about satirising religion and about why he wanted a strong, brave, independent woman at the centre of his novel.

Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980
A pan-Southern California intiative to celebrate a generation of local artists who influenced the development of modern art around the world

Sleeping Beauty
An erotic new retelling of the Sleeping Beauty story is presented by the Australian director Julia Leigh. We talk to her.

Katori Hall
Award-winning playwright Katori Hall discusses her play The Mountaintop which re-imagines the night before Martin King's assassination in 1968.

Gerhard Richter
We review a major touring exhibition spanning the career of the German artist Gerhard Richter - widely regarded as one of the most important painters working today.

The Beijing International Movie Festival
This has just opened and includes a documentary film celebrating uprising and rebellion. Linda Kennedy reports on how Indie film festivals are starting to play a provocative role in political openness in China.

Fatoumata Diawara
She talks to us about her beautiful debut album, the role of women in Malian music, the politics behind her songs and funk

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